Man rushed to hospital after horror shooting outside Peckham library

"A man has been taken to hospital after being shot outside a library in south-east London. Police and London Ambulance Service crews found a man with a gunshot wound at the scene. He was treated by paramedics before being taken to hospital, where his condition remains unknown."

"We were called at 6.38pm on Wednesday 5 November to reports of a shooting on Peckham Hill Street, SE15. We sent resources, including an ambulance crew, an advanced paramedic, an incident response officer and a paramedic in a fast response car. We also dispatched a trauma team in a car from London's Air Ambulance. We treated a man for a gunshot wound and took him to a major trauma centre."

Police and London Ambulance Service crews found a man with a gunshot wound outside a library on Peckham Hill Street, SE15, in south-east London. Paramedics treated the man at the scene before transferring him to a major trauma centre. The London Ambulance Service was called at 6.38pm on Wednesday 5 November following reports of a shooting. Dispatched resources included an ambulance crew, an advanced paramedic, an incident response officer and a paramedic in a fast response car, supplemented by a trauma team in a car from London's Air Ambulance. The man's condition upon arrival at hospital remains unknown.

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