Police in London Launch Manhunt for Gunman After Two Killed

A Metropolitan Police officer is seen at a disused paintball centre during an investigation into the disappearance of Sarah Everard, in Ashford, England, on March 10, 2021. Leon Neal/Getty Images

Police in London are searching for a gunman who shot dead two men and critically injured a third in an incident in Ilford in the early hours of Tuesday.

The Metropolitan Police said police were called to Henley Road in Ilford, in east London, just after midnight after residents called 999 and said shots had been fired during a fight in the street.