Cousin of Balham shooting victim 'doesn't want him to be just another black boy dead in London'

Date18 June 2021
Published date18 June 2021
Publication titleMyLondon (England)
The victim, named as Matthias Poleon, was found with gunshot wounds at around 11pm in Bedford Hill last night June 17.

Emergency services were called to a residential address and he was rushed to hospital but sadly died around 40 minutes later.

A man identifying himself as the victim's cousin told My London at the scene of the shooting this morning: “When I woke up this morning I didn’t think I would be standing here at a crime scene in the pouring rain and my cousin dead.

“We just don’t know why this has happened. It’s so unexpected.

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“I don’t want this to be just another black boy dead in London. It makes you realise just how fragile life is.”

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