Shocking footage shows the moment people run for their lives after a gunman opens fire outside a funeral

Shocking footage has captured the moment mourners flee a funeral service in Euston after a gunman opened fire.

A seven-year-old girl was among six people injured in a shooting outside St Aloysius Church in Somers Town, near Euston, central London, on Saturday afternoon.

Disturbing CCTV footage published by Sky News shows panicked mourners fleeing the scene after the shooting on Phoneix Road. Several women can be heard screaming after shots were fired.

Scotland Yard said shotgun pellets were fired from a black Toyota C-HR at around 1.30pm before it was driven away.

A man, aged 22, was arrested in connection with the attack after a car was stopped in Cricklewood Lane, Barnet, shortly before 4pm on Sunday.

He was taken into custody.

A 12-year-old girl suffered a leg injury but has been released from hospital, while a 48-year-old woman suffered life-changing injuries and three other women, aged 21, 41 and 58 years old, were injured.

The victims were leaving a service for British-Colombian Sara Sanchez, 20, and her mother Fresia Calderon, 50, when the attacker fired a rifle.

Met Police detectives confirmed that emergency services found “several people with gunshot wounds”.

Father Jeremy Trood, who conducted the service, said: “They were very scared, people took shelter in the church until the police said they could leave, but some of them were so scared they had to wait a while to get out. -he was regaining his confidence. “

Sir Keir Starmer, who is the local MP, said police had assured him there would be “extra patrols and community support” following the “appalling” incident.