Tanesha Melbourne: Police to return to scene of Tottenham shooting days after gang 'claimed responsibility on Instagram'

Shot dead in Tottenham: Tanesha Melbourne, 17
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Hatty Collier9 April 2018
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Detectives are to return to the scene where a 17-year-old girl was shot dead in a suspected 'drive-by' killing in north London one week ago.

Police will visit the Chalgrove Road area of Tottenham, north London, between 8pm and 11pm on Monday to speak to locals and distribute leaflets.

On April 2 officers were called to the scene of a shooting and found Tanesha Melbourne-Blake with a gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at 10.43pm.

At this early stage detectives believe that shots were fired from a vehicle into a group of people, hitting Tanesha, Scotland Yard said.

They are working to establish the type of car involved and how many people were both in the vehicle and within the group who came under fire.

Police received screenshots from an Instagram story which appeared to claim responsibility for her death.

Police say they are investigating the Instagram posts which apparently claim responsibility for the shooting
Instagram

Accompanying a news story about the murder, the caption read: "If your chilling with my ops [opposition] I ain't gonna adjust my aim for you [laughing emoji] #NPK #SINSQUAD".

A second message, posted over a black screen, read: "We got him down in Tinseltown and his girl down by Chalgrove [two laughing emojis] #NPK #RNS".

The '#NPK' hashtag is thought to refer to Northumberland

Tragic scene: tributes for Tanesha Melbourne-Blake, who was shot dead this week (Ben Cawthra/LNP) Park, where the Tottenham gang is thought to be based.

Detective Inspector Simon Pickford said: "One week on from this terrible crime, our officers will return to the scene on the evening of Monday, 9 April, as we continue our work to find those responsible for Tanesha's murder.

"I'm certain someone in the community has information that can assist us. Perhaps you are worried about contacting police to tell us know what you know. I can assure you your information will be treated in the strictest of confidence.

"To anyone who is concerned about any loyalties they have that they think means they cannot talk to police, I would ask you to think of Tanesha's grief-stricken family and do the right thing by speaking to us."

A 30-year-old man who was arrested on Friday in the E9 area of London on suspicion of murder has been released under investigation.

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