Tooting stabbing: Post-mortem examination reveals victim Lewis Elwin died from stab wound to the chest

Victim: Lewis Elwin was stabbed in the back on a street in broad daylight
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Laura Proto20 April 2016
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A student knifed in residential street in broad daylight died from a stab wound to the chest, a post-mortem examination has found.

Lewis Elwin, 20, was stabbed after being ambushed by a gang as he walked alone in Tooting while parents collected their children from a nearby primary school at 3.30pm on Monday.

He reportedly staggered a short distance before collapsing in a pool of blood near The Furzedown pub in Thrale Road.

Members of the public battled to save Mr Elwin before paramedics arrived, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

A post-mortem examination at St George’s Hospital mortuary on Tuesday gave a cause of death as a stab wound to the chest.

Police officers at the scene where the man was stabbed in Tooting
Nigel Howard

Earlier today, Mr Elwin’s mother, Sandra Elwin, 52, told the Standard she had dropped off her son just an hour before he was killed.

She added: “We are devastated. He was trying to turn his life around, he was training, he was trying so hard. He was a quiet, lovely, polite boy.”

No arrests have been made and the Met’s Homicide and Major Crime Command said it is keeping an open mind into the motive of Mr Elwin’s murder.

Detective Chief Inspector Diane Tudway said: “This attack took place in broad daylight in a residential street and there would have been witnesses to the incident, or the events immediately before or after the incident.

“I would urge anyone who was in the area of Penwortham Road at around 3:45pm on Monday, 18 April and who has information to assist our investigation to come forward and speak to police.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact the incident room on 020 8721 4005 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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