Witnesses described hearing a pop and seeing people flee an apartment building near a busy downtown London intersection Tuesday evening after a shooting left one man dead.<\/p>\n
Officers responded at about 5:45 p.m. to reports of a possible shooting in the area of Central Avenue and Richmond Street and found a man with life-threatening injuries, police said Wednesday. The man died later in hospital.<\/p>\n
A male suspect was arrested, police said. He was expected to appear in court Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Police remained in the area Wednesday, with forensic investigators arriving at an apartment building at the southwest corner of Central Avenue at Richmond Street around 1:15 p.m.<\/p>\n
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London police forensic officers are shown at an apartment building at the southwest corner of Richmond Street and Central Avenue on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. Police said a fatal shooting occurred in the area Tuesday evening, while witnesses reported seeing people leave the building afterward. (Geoff Robins\/The London Free Press)<\/p>\n
A woman who lives in the apartment building across the street said she was doing her makeup beside her bedroom window, which faces the apartment, when she heard a pop.<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard a pop and I thought it was a car backfiring, but then I turned around and saw out my window, multiple people clambering out of the unit,\u201d said the 34-year-old, who didn\u2019t want to be identified for personal safety reasons.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of a sudden I see a man wearing all white clothing with a blood stain running down his left leg running the opposite direction, heading east towards the park,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The witness said a woman was yelling for someone to call emergency services. She said a man was already calling police when she went outside to see if a call had been made.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a little scary. I\u2019ve definitely noticed some activity in that house at all hours, unfortunately. There are a lot of people coming in and out of the apartment,\u201d she said. \u201cIt worries me when I leave for work in the mornings or really any time of day. It hit so close to home.\u201d<\/p>\n
A 60-year-old man who lives in a nearby building said he was talking with people near the intersection at the time of the shooting. He said he called emergency services.<\/p>\n
\u201cI heard a pop,\u201d said the man, who also asked not to be named because of safety concerns. \u201cCertainly, didn\u2019t sound like a car popping. It sounded more like a gunshot coming out of an apartment about 50 feet from us.\u201d<\/p>\n
The man said he saw two men leave the building.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne guy ran out wearing all black with a black hood in one direction behind the Joe Kool\u2019s parking lot and another guy, all in white, ran up Central towards Victoria Park out of the apartment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Police are asking anyone who was in the area between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. and may have information, dash-cam footage or residential or business surveillance video, to contact them at 519 661-5670.<\/p>\n
More information will be provided as the investigation continues, police said.<\/p>\n
The shooting death triggered the fifth homicide investigation of the year in London.<\/p>\n
Raman Devi was found with life-threatening injuries at her home on Chelton Road, southeast of Commissioners Road and Highbury Avenue, on Sept. 15. Police arrested a man at the scene. <\/p>\n
Devi, a mother of two young children, died from her injuries. Mandeep Singh, 41, is charged with second-degree murder<\/a> in the death that London police described as a femicide, the intentional killing of a woman or girl because of their gender.<\/p>\n Lillian Leonard, 73, died in hospital several days after she was stabbed during a break-in at her Raywood Avenue home, north of the intersection of Wellington and Base Line roads, on Aug. 22.<\/p>\n Nelson Enrique Cornejo, 40, of London is charged with second-degree murder.<\/p>\n Ramone Thomas, 26, of Toronto was one of two men found with gunshot wounds on Dundas Street east of Elizabeth Street on Jan. 25. He died in hospital.<\/p>\n Matthew Yousufy, 26, of London is charged with second-degree murder.<\/p>\n Brandon Nichols, 45, of London, died after he was found with stab wounds in a hallway of an apartment building on Dundas Street east of Adelaide Street on Jan. 12.<\/p>\n Robert Mitchell Cornelius, 38, of London, is charged with second-degree murder.<\/p>\n Editor\u2019s note: This file has been updated from its original publication. <\/p>\n
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