Two Arrested over Murder of Salim Coulter
Police arrest man and woman at address in Wandsworth
Detectives investigating the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Salim Coulter in Fulham have made two arrests.
Police say on Friday 16 December a 29-year-old man was arrested at an address in Wandsworth on suspicion of murder.
At the same address a 27-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
Both currently remain in custody pending further enquiries.
The arrests come 11 days after Salim, 24 was gunned down on Monday in Fulham's Walham Grove.
Salim had been out on Monday 5 December with one of his friends. They stopped for something to eat at Jerky Chicken restaurant parking the car they were driving - a silver and black Renault Captur - in Walham Grove, near to the junction with North End Road.
After the two friends left the restaurant at around 9.30pm they returned to the car, as Salim was getting into the front passenger seat he was shot once. Detectives believe that the lone gunman had been lying in wait.
After shooting Salim he made off on foot away from North End Road towards the Harwood Arms pub near the junction with Walham Grove and Farm Lane, SW6.
When police and ambulance services were called to the scene they found Salim sat in the front sea of the car with a gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Salim, a 24 year-old trainee gas engineer, lived with his mother in White City.
In a statement made earlier this week, his family said: " We are shocked by what’s happened and still trying to understand and make sense as to why he was taken from us.
" Salim was a good boy, aspiring to be an engineer, which was something he was passionate about, so he could take of his beloved mother.
" He touched so many people’s lives and was loved by everyone because he had a pure heart, he was kind and gentle to everyone he met. He was devout to his faith and a good example to his peers."
Jerkys near the junction with North End Road. Picture: Google Street View
A post-mortem examination on Thursday, 8 December at Uxbridge Mortuary gave cause of death as a gunshot wound to the head.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact the incident room on 020 8785 8099, or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
December 16, 2016