There teenage girls are in a serious condition in hospital this evening after being shot.
The victims, aged 17, 18 and 19, were involved in an incident outside an address in North Kensington in West London.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: 'We understand the victims are in a serious condition but we do await an update.'
The spokesman said police were alerted by the ambulance service at 7.17pm to an incident where a number of females had been shot and injured.
The spokesman added that the young women's injuries were 'not life-threatening'.
'We have got officers down there trying to piece together what is going on,' he said.
Officers were alerted to the shooting just after 7pm at John Fearon Walk, near Ladbroke Grove, in Westminster.
The victims - aged 17, 18 and 19 - are all in a serious condition in hospital but their injuries are not life-threatening.
At this stage, no one has been arrested.
According to Sky sources, a single shot was fired in the incident, which is being investigated under Operation Trident.
A Met Police spokesman said: "We have got officers down there trying to piece together what is going on.
"At this stage we are doing all we can."
Detectives hunting for a gunman were understood to be looking at whether the attack was a botched drive-by shooting.
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