The gunman was believed to have fired directly into a car that was also carrying the injured girl’s two-year-old sibling and their mother

The injured girl has had surgery and is said to be in a stable condition after an incident that the Met Police called "appalling".

The Metropolitan Police is appealing for witnesses after the girl and a man were injured in a double shooting in Ladbroke Grove, west London.

An eight-year-old girl and a man have been seriously injured after a gunman opened fire on a car, the Metropolitan Police have said.The child and the man, aged 34, were rushed to hospital after they were shot in Southern Row,

The eight-year-old girl remains in surgery and is in a serious but stable condition. The 34-year-old man is also in a serious but stable condition, with potentially life-changing injuries.

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A gunman was seen firing directly into a car in a double shooting in which an eight-year-old girl and a man were seriously injured, an eyewitness has said. They were both taken to hospital following the shooting on Southern Row in Ladbroke Grove at about 17:30 GMT on Sunday,

A gunman was seen firing directly into a car in a double shooting in which an eight-year-old girl was seriously hurt. The girl, who is in hospital in a stable condition, was shot alongside a 34-year-old man in Southern Row,

This is an appalling incident that has left two people seriously injured, including a young girl who thankfully is in a stable condition this morning. “I am appealing to the public who may have been in the area at the time of the shooting.