THE shooting of a man outside a Woolwich pub just yards from the Marcus Innocent murder scene has left a community terrified.
The victim, who is in his 20s, was shot in the chest outside the Greyhound Pub in Woolwich Church Street on Saturday (July 27) at around 2.42am.
He was taken to hospital where he is said to be in a serious but stable condition.
It comes after 35-year-old Mr Innocent was shot in the stomach in Lord Warwick Street on November 19.
Frank Ajeigbe, 50, who lives in Lord Warwick Street, said: "I would like to say I am shocked but unfortunately these days, especially with what happened to the soldier and Marcus Innocent shot just here, I am not.
"It is terrible and it is too close to home."
The father-of-two added: "I have two little kids and it is making me really rethink our location. We are hoping to move."
Melissa Chambers, 19, who lives with her family-of-four near the shootings, said: "It is like a normal everyday thing now.
"No one’s really shocked. It is sad no one really cares anymore.
"It is like a ghost town round here."
Speaking of the shootings, sales assistant at Rickman’s Bakery, Teresa Collins, said: "It is getting worse.
"When Marcus got shot, it affected us for about a month - people just didn’t want to come around.
"We need more cameras here."
Bakery manager Pierre Hendricks says more needs to be done to tackle the problem by keeping young people occupied.
The 46-year-old father-of-four said: "I want to invite councillors here.
"They sit in their cushy offices but they need to come down to the local grass roots villages and see how we can sort these problems.
"It stems from children. These kids are doing nothing. Nobody cares and they become the criminals of tomorrow.
"You can’t take fish from a man and give him nothing. "You can’t take them out of school and give them nothing.
"Everybody has to survive and the local government needs to step in now and alleviate the problem for tomorrow, not just now."
Many residents in the area were too scared to speak to News Shopper about the incident.
Some traders said violent incidents are becoming commonplace and leading to a loss of trade.
Officers from the Met's Trident gang are investigating into the shooting. No arrests have yet been made.
Twelve men are due to stand trial charged with Mr Innocent's murder on September 25.
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