A man has been arrested after two people were killed in a shooting in Brixton.
Guilherme Messias da Silva, 21, and Lemar Rashawan Urquhart, 27, both died in Railton Road on October 30.
Lemar, the son of boxer Dillian Whyte’s promoter Dean Whyte, was gunned down after a high-speed car chase between rival gangsters.
He was driving a white MG which hit and killed Brazilian Deliveroo driver Guilherme, who was in the area on his moped making his last delivery of the day.
A spokesperson from the Metropolitan Police confirmed yesterday (January 10) that on November 8, a 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter in relation to the death of Guilherme
He had been bailed and then re-bailed, until early February.
Detectives say after the MG hit Guilherme’s moped head-on, Lemar and a passenger then ran off.
They were chased by a passenger from the back of a Alfa Romeo, with Lemar killed when they opened fire.
A spokesperson for Metropolitan Police said yesterday (January 10): “A 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of the manslaughter of Guilherme Messias da Silva on Tuesday, 8 November.
“He was taken into custody and later released on bail.
“He is BTR to a date in early February.”
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