A 16-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of Eghosa Ogbebor, 14, who was shot dead in Woolwich, south-east London, last week.
Eghosa Ogbebor, understood to be a young drill rapper, was gunned down near Woolwich Dockyard station on Thursday, April 2.
He was pronounced dead at the scene in Lord Warwick Street at around 3.40pm after being shot.
Eghosa, who recorded drill songs under the name ‘Y.Risky’, had released snippets of songs he recorded at school with his friends in the days leading up to his death.
Speaking at Eghosa’s family home in Abbey Wood, his aunt revealed that he had told his mother he was going out to film a rap video and said his mother was ‘broken’ by her son’s death.
Flowers have been laid by neighbours and friends in his memory outside the schoolboy’s family home.
Eghosa Ogbebor (pictured) was shot dead near Woolwich Dockyard station last Thursday, April 2
Forensic officers pictured near to the scene in Woolwich where Eghosa was fatally shot
One read they were ‘so sorry’ for his family, describing the situation as ‘just awful.’
Another read: ‘It’s Easter and should be a time for celebration but they are grieving. It’s just awful.’
The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan labelled the killing ‘appalling’ and said: ‘My thoughts are with the family, friends and wider community in Woolwich following the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old boy.
‘There is absolutely no place for this heartbreaking violence.’
She told Metro: ‘He loved music he was so talented and lived for it. On the day he was shot, he had gone out to film a video with his friends.
‘He never came back. His mother is broken. He was so young, he had his whole life ahead of him. He was so young, just a boy.’
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