Police were called on Friday, 2nd February to reports of shots been fired in Willoughby Lane

Metropolitan Police have issued an appeal for witnesses and footage after shots were fired in Tottenham last week.

Officers were called to reports of a firearm being discharged on Willoughby Lane, N17, at approximately 7.50pm on Friday, 2nd February.

Officers responded and found a number of parked vehicles had been damaged but there were no reported injuries.

Detective Inspector Mat Freeman is part of the team of officers investigating. He said: “We know that when this incident happened there were members of public and vehicles driving nearby at the time.

“Did you capture anything on your phone, or on your dash cam if you were driving?

“These kinds of incidents are taken incredibly seriously my team are working to establish what happened.

“Any piece of information, no matter how irrelevant it may seem, could be crucial.”

Anyone with information is asked to call 101 or tweet @MetCC giving the reference 6979/02FEB24.

Information can also be provided to the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, online or by calling 0800 555 111.

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