Police were called to Green Lanes in north London at around 11.15pm on Wednesday night after reports of a shooting

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A 17-year-old boy has been taken to hospital with gunshot wounds in north London, Metropolitan police have said.

Police were called to Green Lanes, N15, at around 11.15pm on Wednesday night, after reports that a teenager had been shot.

Police said the boy was taken to hospital with a gunshot wound and was in a life-threatening condition.

MPS Haringey (@MPSHaringey) We were called to Green Lanes, N15 at 23:13hrs to a report of a teenager shot.



A 17-year-old boy was taken to hospital with a gunshot wound, he is in a life-threatening condition.

Haringey police said officers from Trident, the Metropolitan police unit set up to tackle gun crime in black communities, were investigating the incident but no arrests had been made.

A section 60 order, which allows police to stop and search, was implemented across all of Haringey borough until 6am on Thursday.