A woman in her 40s was shot dead in a drive-by shooting while attending a wake at a church, it has been revealed.
The shooting happened in Brent, north-west London on Saturday night, leaving one woman dead and two men, both in their 30s, injured.
Metropolitan Police has launched a murder investigation following the ‘truly shocking’ incident and there is an ongoing manhunt for the gunman.
Pastor Lawrence Larbie, of the River of Life Elim Pentecostal Church, said there was a wake going on inside the church which was due to finish at 10pm. But at around 9.15pm people began rushing into the building saying ‘there’s been a shooting’.
He told the newspaper: ‘The car just drove through. The victims were people attending the wake. They were probably on their way home.’
Pastor Larbie said he was ‘devestated’ by the news, adding ‘you are invited to attend the wake and you end up deceased. You’re killed. You’re gone. You’re life is expired just like that.’
Paying tribute to the woman, who has not been named, a friend described her as ‘brilliant’.
She told The Sun: ‘She was a light in all of our lives. She adored her children and worked hard to give them a happy life.’
