SWNS Anny Ekofo, who was killed in the attack, with husband Jean-Pierre

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The pair, named by family as Anny Ekofo and Bervil Ekofo, were reportedly shot in front of horrified relatives during the horrifying dawn assassination. It is understood that the gang of gunmen were targeting another man living at the flat but killed 21-year-old Bervil and his aunt in a case of mistaken identity. A family member said the young man was executed by being shot in the head before the group turned a gun on his helpless aunt, who is thought to be 52. Her husband, Jean-Pierre, is believed to have been in the apartment at the time of the horrendous attack.

Twitter/@MiliRemersaro There has been a reported shooting in East Finchley, London

The family member, who did not wish to be named, said: "It's a case of wrong place, wrong time. "There were lots of people in the flat at the time. A gang of five forces their way in, came through the front door and shot Beverly. "Beverly doesn't live here. He was spending the night with his auntie. "Five people burst in the doors. He got shot in the head and they shot Anny. "The house was full of people. I think Anny's husband was there."

Family members say man & woman shot dead in East Finchley were from The Congo arriving here in 1991 @BBCRadioLondon pic.twitter.com/0sCFmHXJ2J — Jason Rosam (@JasonRosam) September 15, 2016

Emergency services were called to an area of East Finchley at around 6.25am this morning after residents heard shots being fired. Officers entered a flat in Elmhurst Crescent and found a man and a woman inside suffering from fatal gunshot wounds. The pair were both pronounced dead at the scene and the circumstances of their deaths have not been confirmed by the police. Neighbour Rob Crouchley said: "I heard a policeman say through his radio, 'Someone has been shot in the head, someone has been shot in the shoulder - there's loads of blood'." Members of the pair's family said that they were originally from The Congo, in Africa, and came to Britain in 1991. Grieving family members, who gathered outside the flat, gave details of the victims. Paying tribute to Anny her cousin, Fifi Selo, told how she received a phone call from the police at 8am following the horror shooting.

The 38-year-old said: "She was a big, beautiful woman. A mum to everybody. "You can't even imagine what kind of person she was - she was amazing. "She brought everybody together. She was everybody's mum. "I didn't expect this to happen. It's crazy." Officers initially feared that there was a third victim of the shooting - another man - but have since ruled that scenario out. A murder investgation has now been launched and detectives from the Metropolitan Police's homicide division are on the scene. No arrests have yet been made. Earlier locals reported how unmarked police cars "zoomed" towards the complex of flats carrying armed officers. Police have sealed off roads in the area and forensics officers were seen heading into one of the apartment blocks.

GOOGLE The incident appears to have taken place at this complex of flats in the capital