Man, 22, arrested after London memorial service drive-by shooting 

A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a drive-by shooting outside a London church left a girl, aged seven, seriously injured. 

A 12-year-old girl and four women were also injured. 

The women were leaving a memorial service when shots were fired from a black Toyota at people outside of St Aloysius Church in Euston. 

The man was arrested after a car was stopped in Barnet, London shortly before 16:00 GMT on Sunday. He has been taken into custody. 

The cops say the injured girl remains in a stable but life-threatening condition. 

Supt Jack Rowlands said officers “found multiple people with injuries caused by pellets from a shotgun”.

“Four women, aged 21, 41, 48 and 54, were taken to central London hospitals. 

Thankfully their injuries were assessed as non-life threatening,” he said.

“The 48-year-old woman has sustained potentially life-changing injuries.

“Two children were also injured. A 12-year-old girl sustained a leg injury. She was treated at hospital before being discharged yesterday afternoon. She is expected to make a full recovery.

“A seven-year-old girl was more seriously injured. She remains in hospital in a stable but life-threatening condition, and our thoughts are with her and her family.

“We believe the suspects discharged a shotgun from a moving vehicle, which was a black Toyota C-HR, likely a 2019 model or similar.”

Memorial service for mother and daughter 

Hundreds of mourners attended the Church to pay tributes to 20-year-old Sara Sanchez – who died from leukaemia in November and her mother, who died the same month. 

The shooting took place as attendees were leaving the service and preparing to release doves into the sky. 

Sara Sanchez had suffered from leukaemia for three years before her death. Her mother died from a rare blood clot on arrival at Heathrow from Colombia, according to MyLondon.