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A man has been convicted of murder following a fatal shooting fascinating a shotgun in Tottenham.
Andre Salmon, 18, was fatally shot by Reagan Konin in Constable Crescent, N15 on 3 July 2023.
Detective Chief Inspector Dave Whellams who led the investigation acknowledged: “Over all over again, a young man has misplaced his life in an act of violence and yet every other household is grieving.
“Reagan Konin claimed that the shotgun went off accidentally but based on the proof they heard, the jury convicted him of murder.
“There are mild plenty of unanswered questions about what came about, and Konin will now accept as true with a truly long time in jail to replicate on his actions. On the opposite hand, nothing will grasp away the disaster that he inflicted last summer season.”
Police were referred to as to Constable Crescent at spherical 17:00hrs on 3 July to experiences of an injured man. Officers attended alongside colleagues from the London Ambulance Carrier and stumbled on Andre with a gunshot wound.
Sadly, despite the efforts of emergency products and companies, Andre was pronounced unimaginative on the scene. His household is nonetheless supported by specialist officers.
Detectives from the Specialist Crime Command launched a murder investigation.
They established that Andre had been travelling on a moped when he was shot by a suspect on Stamford Boulevard. He continued along this road earlier than turning left into Constable Crescent where, because of his wound, his moped collided with a parked automobile and he collapsed.
A review of CCTV photos identified Konin as a suspect. On 7 July 2023, detectives issued a public appeal naming him as mandatory in reference to their investigation. He handed himself in at a police residing in Essex the following day.
He advised officers that he was delivering a copy shotgun on behalf of a drug dealer. He claimed that he raised the weapon after being awaiting his security and that it fired accidentally.
This was disputed by officers and the prosecution who believed that Konin was having a gaze to proceed his pursuit of yet every other man who he chased with a machete three days earlier than the shooting.
Reagan Konin, 19 (17.12.04) of Victoria Boulevard, N15 was stumbled on responsible of murder at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Tuesday, 5 March. He had previously responsible to affray.
Konin will likely be sentenced on the similar court docket on Thursday, 28 March.
