Police have launched a murder investigation after a man found shot in a car has died. The man was found near the Royal Artillery Barracks.
Terry Dearsley, 32, was found with a gunshot wound in a parked car near the Royal Artillery Barracks shortly after 8pm on October 22. He was rushed to hospital in a serious condition.He sadly passed away nearly two weeks later on Wednesday, November 4.
“Detectives investigating a shooting in Woolwich have launched a murder investigation after a man was fatally shot,” A statement from the Metropolitan Police reads.
“Police were called to reports of shots being fired in Frances Street, Woolwich at 20:09hrs on Thursday, 22 October. Shortly after arriving on scene, officers found a 32-year-old man in a parked car with a gunshot wound. He was treated at the scene before being taken to hospital.
Mr Dearsley’s family are being supported by specially trained officers, said the Metropolitan Police.
Police have said that 48-year-old Paul Rosser-Davies from Greenwich was charged last Sunday with attempted murder. He was also charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. Rosser-Davies appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on Monday and was remanded to attend the Old Bailey on November 30.
Police previously called the incident a “senseless act of violence” that left Mr Dearsley fighting for his life.
Detective Chief Inspector Wayne Jolley from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command said after an arrest was made, “Our investigation remains ongoing into this senseless act of violence that has left a man fighting for his life.
“I would urge anyone with information, no matter how small it may seem, to come forward.”
The shooting in Woolwich happened less than a week after a 35-year-old man lost his life to gun crime in a separate incident inside a pub in Enfield.
A 33-year-old man has also been left with life-changing injuries after shots were fired into a shopping centre next to O2 Academy Islington on Tuesday, bringing London’s shooting tally in October to four.
