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02/12/2008
Man Arrested Over Drive-By Death
Police in Croydon have arrested an 18-year-old youth in connection with a fatal drive-by shooting in south London, it has emerged.
Twenty-year-old Ricardo Cox, from Croydon, died on Mitcham Road in the area, on 26 November.
He had been shot twice in the drive-by shooting last Wednesday at 9.20pm in West Croydon.
Mr Cox was rushed to St George's Hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arrival.
A post mortem examination gave the cause of death as a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
Police said the 20-year-old had been walking with another man when a car pulled up alongside and fired several shots.
Officers also said they believed the shots were fired from a dark-coloured car.
The arrested 18-year-old is being held at a south London police station.
(JM)
Twenty-year-old Ricardo Cox, from Croydon, died on Mitcham Road in the area, on 26 November.
He had been shot twice in the drive-by shooting last Wednesday at 9.20pm in West Croydon.
Mr Cox was rushed to St George's Hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arrival.
A post mortem examination gave the cause of death as a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
Police said the 20-year-old had been walking with another man when a car pulled up alongside and fired several shots.
Officers also said they believed the shots were fired from a dark-coloured car.
The arrested 18-year-old is being held at a south London police station.
(JM)
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