British police investigate drive-by shooting death

British police are conducting house to house inquiries after a man died following a drive-by shooting.

Officers were called to Rossington Street at the junction with Northwold Road, in Clapton, east London, at 6.12pm on Sunday.

A man found lying in the street was taken to nearby Homerton Hospital by ambulance where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

The victim, a 28-year-old local man, had been sitting on a wall when three shots were fired from a car as it drove past.

The car then did a U-turn and sped off towards Upper Clapton Road.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said the man's next of kin had been informed but he had not yet been formally identified.

A post-mortem examination will be held today.