Tragic: Shereka Marsh has been named by police as the victim of the shooting in Hackney Wick, London
Shereka Marsh, a student at Urswick School in Hackney, was attacked in a house in Hackney Wick just before 4pm yesterday.
Three boys, two aged 16 and one aged 15, were arrested on suspicion of murder. They have been taken into custody and are being questioned by detectives at an east London police station.
Police have said the house Shereka was shot in was not her home address, and that a firearm had been recovered from the property.
Miss Marsh, who has been formally identified as the victim by police, may have been accidentally shot in the neck by her friend, according to posts on Facebook and Twitter.
The teenager was a star pupil at the school in Paragon Road - and had only last week led the Jamaican High Commissioner on a tour of the institution.
Shocked friends and neighbours gathered in the street where Shereka died this afternoon to lay floral tributes in honour of the popular schoolgirl.
Dozens more took to social-networking sites to pay tribute to Miss Marsh - with a Facebook group, 'RIP Shereka', set up in memory of the teenager.
One girl, using the handle @ForeverAyleah, posted on Twitter: 'God gained another beautiful angel #tomorrowisntpromised'
Another, @zhannnah, wrote: 'Was just cracking jokes with you yesterday, RIP @Sherekalove_'
Scene: The teenager was attacked in a house just before 4pm yesterday. Above, police at the scene today
Victim: Miss Marsh may have been accidentally shot in the neck by her male friend, according to online posts
Final tweets: The teenager took to Twitter at midday yesterday - just hours before the shooting took place
She wrote: 'You know when your (sic) looking too nice, you don't wanna wear a jacket and ruin your outfit'.
And two hours earlier, she posted: 'How can I loose (sic) a top? I'm just the worse and annoy myself so much'.
Investigation: Three men, believed to be under the age of 18, have been taken into custody. Above, the scene
Standing guard: Miss Marsh has been named as the victim online. Above, officers stand outside the house
Offering condolences: Dozens of people have taken to social-networking sites to pay tribute to Miss Marsh
Paying tribute: User @ForeverAyleah posted: 'God gained another beautiful angel #tomorrowisntpromised'
Officers and paramedics, togther with London Ambulance Service and London's Air Ambulance, were called to the house following the shooting, and the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
A post-mortem examination took place at 11am today at Poplar Mortuary and gave cause of death as a gunshot wound to the neck.
However, police are yet to formally identify the three men in custody.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: 'Officers attended the scene, together with London Ambulance Service and London's Air Ambulance (HEMS).
'The 15-year-old girl was pronounced dead at the scene.
Shock: A police officer watches as a group of people gather at the scene where Shereka was shot
In memory: A police community support officer lays flowers handed to him by a mourner at the scene
Grief: Two young girls console one another in the wake of Shereka's death
Tributes: Bunches of flowers and sympathy cards were left by visitors to the site
Sorrow: Young people light candles outside the house this afternoon
Education:The 15-year-old victim was a star pupil at Urswick School (pictured) in Paragon Road, Hackney
'Rest in paradise': Twitter user Nasir Jones pays tribute to Miss Marsh - dubbing the shooting a 'tragic story'
'A firearm was recovered from the house in Eastway. Enquiries continue to establish the full circumstances of the incident.'
The London Borough of Hackney has a reputation for being dangerous.
According to Metropolitan Police figures from last month, Hackney has the second-highest crime rate in London.
Over the past year, five killings and 70 cases of gun crime took place in the area, according to the force's crime figures.
Investigation: A police forensic expert leaves the house with sealed bags of evidence
Probe: A forensics officer enters the property to search for evidence
Guard: Police community support officers stand sentry outside the terraced house
Shooting: Officers are pictured at the house last night. Miss Marsh was pronounced dead at the scene
According
to the Citizens Report website, 12 teenagers were killed in London last
year, four of whom were also shot.
The girl is the second teenager killed in the capital in 2014 after Iraqi Basel Aghabra, 19, was fatally stabbed on February 3.
Anyone with information which may help officers should call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
The girl is the second teenager killed in the capital in 2014 after Iraqi Basel Aghabra, 19, was fatally stabbed on February 3.
Anyone with information which may help officers should call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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