Tributes have been paid to a ‘father of two’ shot dead in a wealthy area of Stoke Newington.
Officers found Erdal Ozmen with gunshot wounds on Dynevor Road, near Stoke Newington High Street, yesterday (August 5).
He died at the scene and a murder investigation is now underway.
His friend, Ali Rizi Ojur, told ITV: “I've known him maybe more than 20 years.
“He is a very good guy, always helping people. He has two kids and family.”
One, translated from Turkish, reads: “So, are you very happy now? The man had children.
“Aren't we all people of the same society? Shouldn't we have unity and solidarity?
“Isn't it a shame for the mothers and fathers who cry behind us?
“When we could have unity and solidarity, how awful it is to have this instead. I haven't seen these kinds of things in life before, but I feel deeply sorry for the families.
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“Tomorrow, the same could happen to you too, my brothers.
“Enough is enough. The person you killed was a very brave young man.
“I met him in a short time. My brothers, there is no end to these roads, pull yourself together.”
Residents described being woken by gunshots in the night that sounded “like a car backfiring”.
Local resident Liza Dodds, 58, said: “It’s very strange because it’s so nice here. I mean, these houses cost a million pounds, becoming very gentrified, very bourgeois with rich bankers and lawyers.
“It’s a very, very close community. Everyone knows each other.
“It has got nothing to do with the community that lives here.”
A crime scene remains on Dynevor Road.
Stoke Newington High Street, part of the A10, was closed yesterday but has since reopened.
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Detective Chief Superintendent Brittany Clarke said: “Our team of detectives and forensic specialists are working at pace to establish the full circumstances that led to the tragic death of this man.
“We understand this incident will cause concern within the Stoke Newington community, however we do believe this to be an isolated incident at this stage of the investigation with no wider risk to the general public.”
It is the sixth fatal shooting in London so far this year with three being in north London.
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