Overview

• A post-mortem determined the cause of death was a stab wound to the chest.
• Detectives from the Met’s specialist crime command are leading a murder investigation with no arrests so far.
• DCI Rebecca Woodsford said her team is working round the clock and stressed that knife crime has no place on the streets.
• Police and the London Ambulance Service were called at 03:06, and Thompson later died in hospital after treatment.
• Investigators appealed for information, asking witnesses to call 101 quoting 635/15Oct or contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.