Officers hunt masked shooter over incident in Brent in May in which driver was unhurt

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Police have released CCTV footage of a masked gunman approaching a car and shooting three times at a driver in an “outrageous and brazen” attack.



The woman, 51, was in the stationary BMW at traffic lights in Brent, north-west London, at about 8.30am on 14 May, when a man wearing a balaclava ran up to her car and opened fire before escaping in an unknown vehicle.

DI Tom Williams from the Metropolitan police trident and area crime command said she was unhurt.

“This was an outrageous and brazen attack that happened in the middle of rush hour on a Monday morning, in which luckily, no one was injured,” he said. “No doubt the traumatic experience will affect the victim for years to come.”

The Met has released the footage of the incident, which occurred less than five minutes’ drive from a primary school, in an attempt to track down the suspect.

He is described as a black man of medium build, about 5ft 8in, and may have had short dreadlocks.

