Innocent Victim Of Street Gun Battle
Police are continuing to question three men and a woman in connection with the death of an innocent woman who was caught in the crossfire during a gun battle in the street.
Care worker Magda Pniewska, 26, died after being hit in the head by a bullet as she left work at a nursing home in southeast London.
She was believed to have been hit by a stray bullet after two people opened fire close to a vehicle in the residential street in New Cross.
Detectives are investigating CCTV footage in the hope that the gunman who killed Miss Pniewska was caught on camera.
Scotland Yard said shots were exchanged between two men, the first standing beside a red Volkswagen Polo and the second standing at the top of a flight of stairs leading to a field.
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Miss Pniewska was walking home from work at a Bupa care home when she was shot at the bottom of the steps to the field.
"She was an innocent woman caught in the crossfire," said Detective Chief Inspector Tony Boughton.
He thanked the witnesses who had already come forward, but appealed for further information.
Oliver Thomas, the southeast regional director of Bupa care homes, said staff were shocked and saddened by the death of the 26-year-old.
"Magda was a truly lovely person and one of the most dedicated carers. She will be most deeply missed by both her colleagues and residents," he said.
Police are investigating whether the shootout was linked to drug dealing.
Sky News crime correspondent Martin Brunt said: "It is very, very unusual for someone to be caught in the crossfire.
"People are normally intended victims, not like this woman."
Officers from Operation Trident, the Metropolitan Police's black-on-black gun crime unit, are investigating.
The four people arrested are being held at south London police stations. A vehicle has been recovered, but no weapon was found.
The shooting is the latest incident in London's gun and gang violence.
Metropolitan Police documents leaked earlier this year revealed police were monitoring at least eight gangs based in the Lewisham area.
So far this year at least 20 teenagers have been murdered in the capital, some them victims of fighting between gangs.
'''Serwis Sky News poinformował, że wczoraj miała miejsce strzelanina, której ofiarą padła 26-letnia Polka. Magdalena Pniewska została postrzelona w głowę. Znaleziono ją leżącą na ulicy. Zmarła po przewiezieniu do szpitala. Do zdarzenia doszło wieczorem w Londynie w pobliżu Stunell Mouse w New Cross na południowym brzegu Tamizy.'''

Sky News napisał, że Polka wracała z pracy do domu. Ofiara pracowała w Anglii już od 3 lat. Mieszkała niedaleko miejsca zdarzenia wraz z ze swoim narzeczonym.

Policja ustaliła, że dziewczyna znalazła się w pobliżu strzelaniny, w której brali udział dwaj mężczyźni. w związku ze zdarzeniem zatrzymano 4 osoby, w tym trzech mężczyzn i kobietę. Skonfiskowano samochód, należący do jednego ze strzelających. Jednak broni z której padły strzały nie znaleziono. Prowadzone jest dochodzenie mające wyjaśnić czy zajście nie miało związku z porachunkami gangów narkotykowych