Victim of violence: Warren Gray

12:09pm Thursday 10th July 2008

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TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD Warren Gray was shot dead in May last year.

Mr Gray was chased up two flights of stairs in Milford Towers, Rushey Green, and shot in the chest with a sawn-off shotgun on May 3.

He had also been beaten as he tried to run from his attackers, leaving some of the block's stairwells smeared with blood.

Mr Gray was pronounced dead at the scene.

A post-mortem examination revealed the cause of death as a gunshot wound to the chest.

Following the killing, neighbours spoke of their shock.

One man, in his 50s, of Silvermere Road, said: "The residents are shocked.

"They need to do something about that block - the East Block.

"They are mugging old ladies coming home from church.

"It used to be quiet but now it's horrible."

A 37-year-old woman, of Doggett Road, said: "There's always something going on here.

"This place is getting worse and worse.

"The youngsters cause the problems here.

"If the Government doesn't do something, things are going to get much worse."

An 18-year-old man, of Nelgarde Road, said: "You see a lot of shady men hanging about. There's a lot of stuff that goes down."