Boy, 15, stabbed to death alongside man, 23, named as cops appeal for witnesses
A teenager stabbed to death in London this week with another man amid a gathering of people said to be filming a music video has been named.
The pair suffered knife wounds in the incident in Islington, north London, on Thursday night.
A 15-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene while a 23-year-old died later in hospital.
Police later located a third victim at a home and he was taken to a north London hospital with injuries not believed to be life threatening.
Officers have today named the teenager as Leonardo Reid from Islington.
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Both his family, and that of the other victim killed in the incident, have been informed by police.
Forensic police officers at the scene in north London (PA)Detectives investigating the tragedy have today arrested a 46-year-old man on suspicion of murder and attempted murder.
He remains in custody at a north London police station.
Last night an anonymous resident explained the gathering in the car park had initially been a group of friends filming a music video.
They said: "There was stuff going on outside for ages. They were filming a music video. And that was from 9pm onwards, all very friendly, a few neighbours went down and were chatting.
"There were lots of really good cars and stuff, it was all fine. And then later on there were lots of people doing laughing gas.
"Basically a few hours later around 11pm there was a lot of noise. We heard shouting that somebody had been stabbed. We did not see what happened.
"Initially it was a group of mates filming a music video and it was fine but then other people arrived. There was a guy who was holding a gun but we decided it was a water gun.
Two people, aged 15 and 23, died in the tragedy (Ben Cawthra/LNP)"It was intimidating even though it was a music video, there was a lot of people and a lot of shouting and the music was really loud. It's mad that people died."
Another anonymous resident told MyLondon what they saw last night, explaining: "You had around four to five expensive cars, mainly Mercedes, people dealing with each other and noise.
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"There was an unusual number of gangs."
Chief Superintendent Andy Carter, of Metropolitan Police, said at the time: "My thoughts are with the families of the two victims who have suffered such an unimaginable loss in this shocking and unacceptable incident.
"We will support our colleagues as they investigate and members of the public will see an increased policing presence in the area.
"I urge anyone who has information that can help us establish exactly what has happened to approach those officers or contact us immediately.
"A man and boy have lost their lives and we must now work together to identify those responsible and remove them from our streets.
"Anyone who has information that could help police should call 101 or tweet @MetCC ref CAD 9383/29 Jun. To remain 100% anonymous please call the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111."
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