Police in London have arrested a man on suspicion of murder after an 8-year-old girl and a man were seriously injured when a gunman fired into a car

The Metropolitan Police is appealing for witnesses after the girl and a man were injured in a double shooting in Ladbroke Grove, west London.

An eight-year-old girl and a man have been seriously injured in a shooting, the Metropolitan Police has said. The child and the man, aged 34, were rushed to hospital after they were shot in Southern Row, Ladbroke Grove, just after 5.30pm on Sunday.

An eight-year-old girl was seriously injured when she was shot in “an appalling incident” in west London. The child, who is now in a stable condition, and a 34-year-old man who was also injured were taken to hospital after being shot in Southern Row,

A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a double shooting left an eight-year-old girl seriously hurt in west London. The child and a man, aged 34, were taken to hospital after they were shot in Southern Row, Ladbroke Grove, just after 5.30pm on Sunday, the Metropolitan Police said.

The 8-year-old girl remains in surgery and is in a serious but stable condition. The 34-year-old man is also in a serious but stable condition, with potentially life-changing injuries.

A gunman was seen firing directly into a car in a double shooting in which an eight-year-old girl was seriously hurt. The girl, who is in hospital in a stable condition, was shot alongside a 34-year-old man in Southern Row,