Man shot in Chelsea restaurant

A man who had apparently been shot four times in the chest at a Chelsea restaurant amazed other diners when he got up and ran away.

Customers at the Tipico restaurant in Fulham Road watched in horror as one of three black youths, who walked up to the man, produced a handgun and fired four shots at point-blank range into his chest before escaping.

The victim collapsed for several moments, but then he too ran off.

One witness said: "I saw a black guy seemingly pumping shots into another. The bloke appeared dead, then he stood up weakly and ran away, doubled up. It was weird."

A police spokesman said: "At present, we do not know whether they were live shells or blanks."