A 17-year-old boy named Marvin was killed on October 27 in his neighbourhood park.
The teenager suffered a gunshot wound to his chest after being attacked in a park area of Mill Hill estate just after midnight. He was taken to Barnet General Hospital but died on arrival.
Police fear the tragedy took place in a pre-planned showdown, as rival gangs have clashed at the place of accident, even though he was allegedly not linked to any gang.
Marvin’s murder comes days after a 16-year-old boy was shot dead in a gang attack in Plaistow and brings the number of teenagers killed in London this year to 17.
Yesterday the press has also revealed that one of Marvin’s older brothers was jailed for manslaughter while another of his siblings was sentenced for murder: they are both involved in the killing of a teenager boy from Neasden, kicked to death in 2006.
The scenario makes me think about a quote from the 19th Century historian J.A. Froude: ”Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself”.
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