A vigil was held close to the hospital where a Black Lives Matter activist who was shot in Peckham is being treated.
Sasha Johnson is in a critical condition, receiving treatment at King's College Hospital, after she was shot in the head on Consort Road in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The group gathered around the bandstand in Ruskin Park, Denmark Hill, praying for the 27-year-old to pull through as they played African drums.
One speaker told the crowd: “In every community there are good eggs and bad eggs and we have to make sure those bad eggs are held accountable for their actions.
“Because it’s not acceptable for those bad eggs to be attacking our warriors – be they male or female.
“Warriors who are out there every day without pay working for our families, working for our communities.”
Ms Johnson's friend, Imarn Ayton, told BBC News that the young mother has successfully undergone surgery and her parents are with her in hospital.
Asked about the circumstances, she said: “As far as we are aware, she was at a party.
“There was a rival gang that may have heard about someone being in that party that they didn’t feel quite comfortable with or trusted and so they resorted to driving past and shooting into the garden, and one of those shots obviously hit Sasha Johnson.
“But I don’t believe she was the intended victim.”
Police said there is no evidence that the 27-year-old campaigner was the intended target of the shooting.
Investigators have been pictured sweeping the street where the incident took place.
The Metropolitan Police have issued an appeal for witnesses to the shooting of a 27-year-old woman but refused to confirm if it was Ms Johnson.
She was found after officers were called to reports of gunshots in Consort Road, Peckham, shortly before 3am.
Oxford graduate Ms Johnson is a known figure in the Black Lives Matter movement and is described as “a strong, powerful voice for our people and our community” by the Taking The Initiative Party, of which she is a member.
The TTIP has asked people to “all come together and pray for Sasha, pray for her recovery and show our support to her family and loved ones”.
Claudia Webbe, Labour MP for Leicester East, was among those who went online to express “solidarity” with Ms Johnson.
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