Published: 07:42 BST, 11 August 2026 | Updated: 17:42 BST, 11 August 2026<\/p>\n
A murder investigation has been launched after a 25-year-old man was shot dead outside a\u00a0London\u00a0pub last night.<\/p>\n
Emergency services raced to The Landor pub in Clapham at around 10pm, where they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds after what has been described as a 'mistaken identity' hit.<\/p>\n
It is believed the victim was dropping off his girlfriend at the pub when multiple shots were directed at him.<\/p>\n
A woman at the scene claimed: 'It was mistaken identity'.<\/p>\n
Despite paramedics arriving within three minutes, he was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n
Another man, 22, self-referred to hospital with a gunshot wound shortly after the attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was subsequently arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and remains in hospital.<\/p>\n
Police and paramedics outside the Landor pub in Clapham on Monday night<\/p>\n
An area outside the Landor pub in Clapham has been cordoned off while forensics teams investigate<\/p>\n
Witnesses described hearing three gunshots, and locals reported 'loud bangs'.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One resident told London Now:\u00a0'It was shortly after 10pm and I heard lots of sirens, and I heard bangs – I think it was five or something.<\/p>\n
'And then I said "Do you think they were gunshots?"'<\/p>\n
Another resident said she now wants to move out of London, fearing for the safety of\u00a0 her two-year-old grandson growing up in the city.<\/p>\n
She said the sirens eventually quietened down but was 'horrified' by what she had heard.\u00a0<\/p>\n