Two - including teenager - stabbed to death during rap music video shoot
- 11 months ago
Two people - including a 15-year-old boy - were stabbed to death as they shot a rap music video, according to horrified eye-witnesses.
A resident overlooking the scene in Archway, north London, described a "jovial" atmosphere among a group of 30 young lads, aged between 16 and 18, before violence broke out late last night [THURS].
The man, who asked not to be named, said the atmosphere earlier was “fun” and “good natured” as they shot the video involving "flash" cars with the crowd behind two main rappers.
Another man, known as Mark, said the site where the 15-year-old boy was killed was directly in front of the back garden of a house with two children.
A tent is currently in place where the boy died in the middle of a large housing estate.
Police were called to Elthorne Road, Archway, at 11.30pm to reports of a stabbing.
Elthorne Road is a terraced street that runs onto Grovedale Road, inside the estate.
A boy, aged 15, was found with stab wounds and pronounced dead at midnight.
A 23-year-old man died in a west London hospital also from stab wounds.
Police say a third victim, thought to be 28, was found with stab wounds at a nearby address.
He remains in hospital, but his condition is not thought to be life threatening.
A man whose flat overlooks the estate said: “About 9pm last night, a bunch of lads turn out the front, like 30 lads, aged roughly between 16 and 18 mostly.
“There were three flash cars, one sexy black Audi, one that would be best described as like a Hummer, like a modern Hummer. it was pale, and there was a green sports car.
“We wondered what they were doing and it turned out it was a rap video. That’s what they did for the next hour or so - it was an absolute banger, if I’m honest, the tune.
“I went down there just because I thought 'that looks fun'. So I went down there, spoke to a couple lads, just chit chat."
He said he asked one of the boys who the rapper was and he didn’t know.
He added: “That seemed quite odd to me actually, you don’t know the rapper you’ve come up to support.
"He wasn’t being awkward or shifty about it.
“It seemed like there were two rappers at the front, one of those was white, he was either white or he could have been middle eastern, Turkish looking, he was just paler than almost everyone else. He was one of what seemed to be the main two.”
He said he didn’t see any speakers,adding: “The atmosphere was really jovial.
"It was just a load of kids having a really good laugh, making their music video and they were just doing that for a while. It was really good fun.
“Then about an hour later we were just out here on the balcony having our tea, a drink or whatever, and we just heard shouting and some sort of shouting in the distance before lads ran away.”
Explaining the shouting, he gestured to the outside of the estate towards St John’s Way - the other side of the block the music video shoot was in front of.
He said he assumed they were running away from the gathering.
A resident overlooking the scene in Archway, north London, described a "jovial" atmosphere among a group of 30 young lads, aged between 16 and 18, before violence broke out late last night [THURS].
The man, who asked not to be named, said the atmosphere earlier was “fun” and “good natured” as they shot the video involving "flash" cars with the crowd behind two main rappers.
Another man, known as Mark, said the site where the 15-year-old boy was killed was directly in front of the back garden of a house with two children.
A tent is currently in place where the boy died in the middle of a large housing estate.
Police were called to Elthorne Road, Archway, at 11.30pm to reports of a stabbing.
Elthorne Road is a terraced street that runs onto Grovedale Road, inside the estate.
A boy, aged 15, was found with stab wounds and pronounced dead at midnight.
A 23-year-old man died in a west London hospital also from stab wounds.
Police say a third victim, thought to be 28, was found with stab wounds at a nearby address.
He remains in hospital, but his condition is not thought to be life threatening.
A man whose flat overlooks the estate said: “About 9pm last night, a bunch of lads turn out the front, like 30 lads, aged roughly between 16 and 18 mostly.
“There were three flash cars, one sexy black Audi, one that would be best described as like a Hummer, like a modern Hummer. it was pale, and there was a green sports car.
“We wondered what they were doing and it turned out it was a rap video. That’s what they did for the next hour or so - it was an absolute banger, if I’m honest, the tune.
“I went down there just because I thought 'that looks fun'. So I went down there, spoke to a couple lads, just chit chat."
He said he asked one of the boys who the rapper was and he didn’t know.
He added: “That seemed quite odd to me actually, you don’t know the rapper you’ve come up to support.
"He wasn’t being awkward or shifty about it.
“It seemed like there were two rappers at the front, one of those was white, he was either white or he could have been middle eastern, Turkish looking, he was just paler than almost everyone else. He was one of what seemed to be the main two.”
He said he didn’t see any speakers,adding: “The atmosphere was really jovial.
"It was just a load of kids having a really good laugh, making their music video and they were just doing that for a while. It was really good fun.
“Then about an hour later we were just out here on the balcony having our tea, a drink or whatever, and we just heard shouting and some sort of shouting in the distance before lads ran away.”
Explaining the shouting, he gestured to the outside of the estate towards St John’s Way - the other side of the block the music video shoot was in front of.
He said he assumed they were running away from the gathering.