Wounded waitress 'shaken but okay'

The waitress hit by crossfire during a gang gunfight at a Shepherd's Bush restaurant is said to be "petrified" as she recovers in hospital.

Gabriella Slegova, 28, was hit in the forearm at the Nando's chicken restaurant when gangsters fired indiscriminately, fatally wounding a 17-year-old youth. She has had surgery on her injury and is believed to be responding well to treatment.

A spokesman for the Charing Cross Hospital, where she has been since the shootings at 4pm on Wednesday, said: "She is very shaken but she has asked that we let everyone who is concerned about her know that she is okay."

Ms Slegova's friend and neighbour Chantell Geary, 27, who visited her in hospital, said: "She's feeling much better but she's very, very scared. She is petrified."

The 17-year-old, who was believed to be the gangsters' target, was wounded by a gunshot but tried to escape in a black Honda Prelude.

He managed to drive off before hitting a scooter rider, colliding with a car and then crashing into a Winkworth estate agent's, where he died.

The scooter rider suffered leg injuries but is also expected to recover.