A man has been charged after two women were injured when a shotgun was dropped during a police pursuit in southwest London on Friday.

Keymarni King was arrested on Monday and has been charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life or enabling another to do so after the gun discharged when it hit the ground in Clapham.

The 18-year-old has also been charged with aggravated vehicle taking and injury caused by an accident, and two counts of wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent.

He will appear at Bromley Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday as police continue to hunt for a second suspect.

Officers were chasing two people riding a moped who had failed to stop before the vehicle collided with a 27-year-old pedestrian and crashed “a short while later”.

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One of the suspects was carrying a shotgun and dropped it while they fled on foot.

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Two women in the street, aged 27 and 36, were injured by shotgun pellets when the gun discharged, police said.

Officers added the women were “not deliberately targeted”.

The pedestrian and two injured women have since been released from hospital.

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