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Teenager held over man's murder

Ricardo Cox
Ricardo, an air cadet, was on a gap year from college when he was killed

A teenager has been arrested over the murder of a gap year student in south London, police have said.

Ricardo Cox, 20, was shot twice in a drive-by shooting as he walked with his brother along Mitcham Road, Croydon, on 26 November.

A post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as a gunshot wound to the abdomen.

An 18-year-old man was arrested in Brixton on Monday and remains in custody at a south London station.

Detectives arrested another 18-year-old man in the Tulse Hill area on 1 December. He was taken to a south London station before being bailed to return on 7 January.



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