Neasden stabbings: Manhunt for suspect who knifed delivery driver to death and attacked two others

Delivery driver Leon Street, 48, suffered fatal chest wounds near the home he shared with his fiancée in Neasden
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A manhunt is continuing for a suspect who stabbed a father to death in north west London and knifed two other victims.

Delivery driver Leon Street, 48, suffered fatal chest wounds near the home he shared with his fiancée in Neasden Lane North, Neasden, at 9.30pm on Monday, January 11.  

Police believe the same knifeman left a man in his 40s injured ten minutes earlier in nearby Press Road.  

Another male, in his early 30s, is in hospital after a third stabbing on Sunday at 9.50am in Neasden Lane North.  

Detectives today said they are keeping an “open mind” over the motive.  

A post-mortem examination gave Mr Street’s cause of death as stab injuries to the chest. He was a father and step-grandfather.  

None of the victims appear to have been robbed and the attacker is not thought to have said anything significant to the victims.

Detective Chief Inspector Tom Williams said: “This is an investigation into three stabbings, one of which was fatal. I am working with a dedicated team of detectives to get answers for Leon’s grieving family and for the two other victims.

“At this stage, I believe that all three attacks were committed by the same, lone male suspect. He is a white man, aged very roughly around 30 years, and I think he was wearing a dark coloured jacket both on January 11 and January 17.”

Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101, quoting 6783/11JAN, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.  

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