A forensic team is currently at the scene where a man was shot twice in Walthamstow last night.
Metropolitan Police were called to Penrhyn Avenue at around 2.50am this morning (Sunday, March 31) following reports that a man had suffered two gunshot wounds.
Penrhyn Avenue runs from the junction with Keith Road and Thorpe Crescent past Walthamstow Montessori School to the junction with the A112 Chingford Road.
Officers and the London Ambulance Service attended and the man was taken to an east London hospital for treatment.
His condition is not life threatening.
A crime scene remains in place at the scene and the road has been closed off.
No arrests have yet been made and enquiries are ongoing by officers from the North East Command Unit CID .
Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101 or tweet @MetCC quoting CAD784/31Mar.