Pictured: Father-of-two 'in wrong place wrong time' who was machine-gunned down in drive-by shooting outside London bakery

The father-of-two who was killed in a drive-by shooting when he was 'in the wrong place at the wrong time' has been pictured for the first time.

Erdogan Guzel was pronounced dead at the scene after his killer opened fire from inside a car in Wood Green, north London.

A 51-year-old woman, who has not been named, remains in a critical but stable condition in an east London hospital.

Scotland Yard said detectives believe the two victims were not the intended targets of Friday evening's shooting, and were likely innocent bystanders who were not known to each other.

 

 

A post-mortem examination has taken place and the cause of death was given as a gunshot wound to the chest, police said. There have been no arrests and the murder investigation continues. 

The incident happened just outside the Bros Bakery in Lordship Lane where Mr Guzel would often sit, eyewitnesses said.

A friend of Mr Guzel, who asked not to be named, said: 'He was always on this street, he lived nearby. He was a good guy.'

He said Mr Guzel has two children, a son and a daughter aged between 15 and 16, who are currently on holiday in Turkey.

One eyewitness, who was in a fish and chip shop near the scene, said he saw the aftermath of the incident.

He said: 'I saw the woman and turned away. Then I heard the bang. She fell down on the floor. There was a child on a bike and he was lying on the floor as well.'

A local business owner who witnessed the incident told ITV News he believed the victims were shot from inside a car.

Haydar Alma, 42, who owns a nearby Polish shop, said: 'I was in the shop working and I heard the gun, like an automatic. I looked outside and I saw the car and the window open and somebody shooting.

'After they had gone I went outside and I saw the woman. Somebody called an ambulance.'

Mr Alma said passers-by rushed to help the victims, and he was asked to get tissues to try to stop the bleeding while they waited for emergency services to arrive.

He said: 'The ambulance took the woman and did something for the man here. I asked the policeman what had happened and he said he had died.'

Mihir Yurdakul, 35, told the Evening Standard that he had been sitting with Mr Guzel, who was sprayed with bullets 'within a few seconds. We were sat outside the shop and they came with a car and a big gun.

'They just started shooting - they didn't care who was there. They were just shooting everywhere from a machine gun.

'Everyone was diving on the floor to save their lives, and then we found out our friend had been shot so we called police.'

Imam Sumbul, who is a friend of the man's cousin, said a similar incident happened at the end of June in which a gunman tried to open fire but failed to discharge his weapon before fleeing.

Mr Sumbul said: 'He was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The bullet was not meant for him.

'There is a big Turkish community here, everyone uses each other's shops. As you can see, a lot of people here are interested in what happened and want to know what went on here tonight.'

Police were called at around 5.45pm to reports of a shooting in Lordship Lane. Officers, London Ambulance Service and London's Air Ambulance attended.

The two victims were discovered suffering from gunshot wounds, and the man was pronounced dead at the scene at 7.05pm. The woman was taken to hospital, where she remains.