Man, 33, is shot in stomach with crossbow in west London street and is in ‘life threatening’ condition in hospital
- Metropolitan Police officers were called to Uxbridge in West London after 8pm
- They discovered the victim with a life-threatening abdominal injury
- He was rushed to hospital, where he remains in a ‘life-threatening’ condition
A 33-year-old man is fighting for his life after being shot in the stomach with a crossbow on a west London street last night.
The victim was found by police with a serious abdominal injury on Pield Heath Road, near the junction with Copperfield Avenue, in Uxbridge just after 8pm.
He was rushed to hospital where he remains in a ‘life threatening condition’, Scotland Yard announced this morning.
Metropolitan Police officers were called to the scene by the London Ambulance Service.
No arrests have been made but a cordon remains on the street while detectives make enquiries.