Scene: Police were called to New Road in Whitechapel to reports a gunshot was heard
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Jamie Bullen22 August 2016
An investigation has been launched after a young man was hurt in an apparent shooting in east London.
Armed police and paramedics were called to New Road in Whitechapel at around 6.30pm to reports of a gunshot fired but found no trace of any victim.
Officers were later called to an east London hospital after a man, thought to be in his early 20s, attended having suffered a gunshot wound.
Police said he is in a stable condition.
Scotland Yard said an inquiry was under way to establish whether the incidents are linked and said the Met’s gang unit have been informed.
No arrests have been made.
