A young British model has been stabbed to death in suspected “robbery gone wrong”.
Harry Uzoka was found collapsed on a pavement suffering a knife wound to his chest in East Acton. It is understood he staggered through a nearby estate before falling to the ground in front of onlookers in Old Oak Road.
Paramedics fought to save him but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
His killing brings the number of murders in London in the first two weeks of 2018 to five already. Police have confirmed four of the victims were stabbed to death.
A source close to the investigation stated that the killing is thought to have followed an attempted “robbery gone wrong”. A witness said teenage boys were seen apparently mugging a man on Ollgar Close, nearby to Old Oak Road where Uzoka was found.
The woman said, “My husband was walking our child home from school. They walked past three teenage boys who were shouting and ran past the garages. The three boys were then pinning a guy up against a garage and holding him by the neck.
“They were shouting they were going to kill him. My husband said he heard them shouting to give them something. It sounded like they wanted something from him.”
Uzoka was a talented model and treasured friend and tributes to him quickly began to pour in on Twitter.
Rest in peace Harry.