Walthamstow shooting: First picture of restaurant worker, 19, killed in drive-by

Gunned down: Guled Farah, 19, who had just got a restaurant job, was sitting in a car in Walthamstow when he was attacked
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This is the first picture of a teenager killed in a drive-by shooting outside a church in Walthamstow.

Restaurant worker Guled Farah, 19, was sitting in a car when he was attacked on Saturday night. He died in hospital about half an hour later. The shooting was one of four killings in as many days in the capital.

Today relatives spoke of their devastation. One cousin told the Evening Standard: “When I last saw him he was getting shopping for his mother. He was happy. He was a caring guy, good company.”

Guled, a keen basketball player, had recently got a restaurant job in Green Park. He lived in East Ham and studied at Rush Croft Foundation School in South Chingford.

Police at the scene in Vallentin Road, Walthamstow, east London, following a shooting in which a 19-year-old man died.
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A friend added: “He always said gangs were uncool and he would have nothing to do with them. He knew Walthamstow was dangerous and avoided it. We don’t know why he was there.” Guled was the fifth teenager to be shot dead in London this year — and the third fatal shooting in Waltham Forest.

A man aged 23 was arrested on suspicion of murder and released under investigation after questioning.

Also today police named a woman whose body was found in the back garden of a house in Hayes as Sandra Zmijan, who was in her early thirties.

She was reported missing on Saturday and her body was discovered on Monday.

A 26-year-old man, who was known to her, was arrested on suspicion of murder and remains in custody.

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