Man shot three times in street by racist gunman - for wearing Barack Obama T-shirt

[TitsMcGee]

A man told today how he was shot three times in a London street for wearing a Barack Obama T-shirt.

Dube Egwuatu was buying a mobile telephone top-up card in an off-licence when the gunman confronted him and glared at the top, which carries an image of the Democrat US presidential candidate underneath the legend 'Believe'.

The man then launched into a tirade of racist slurs, shouting 'I f***ing hate n*****s' and urging 36-year-old Mr Egwuatu to leave the shop with him.

The man then left the shop but when Mr Egwuatu re-emerged, the attacker was waiting for him in broad daylight with a threatening-looking dog and holding a gun behind his back.

Realising what had sparked the increasingly violent assault, the terrified Mr Egwuatu zipped up his jacket to cover the image of Mr Obama and walked to his car.

But the shaven-headed man, who was white, followed Mr Egwuatu and after pulling open the passenger door pointed the gun at him.

After pleading with the man to leave him alone, the married former street warden put the keys in the ignition and turned the engine on.

The attacker then fired the gas-powered ball-bearing pistol three times, hitting the civil servant in the face, hand and shoulder.

Fearing for his life and bleeding heavily, Mr Egwuatu raced away in his car and found somewhere safe to call for help.

He was taken to hospital and later sent to have a piece of metal removed from his jaw.

Mr Egwuatu, a data analyst with Croydon Council, said: 'The venom in his voice was frightening.

'He was telling me that he was going to kill me.

'I couldn't believe it was happening - and just because I was wearing an Obama T-shirt. He was trying to make me walk somewhere quieter, saying: 'I've got something for you,' and 'I'm going to kill you.'

He added: 'Obama inspires me, his educational track record alone is quite unbelievable - that is why I was wearing the T-shirt.

'I did not think for one minute it could stir up such powerful feelings of hatred and I never said a word to him.'

Mr Egwuatu's wife, Angela, 35, said neither of them had experienced anything like it during their childhood in Nigeria.

Mrs Egwuatu, an immigration officer, said: 'At first my feelings were pure horror and now it is pure anger.

'If he had been carrying a real gun I would have been a widow. It is just ridiculous.

'I don't know how a person's mentality works. Why would a T-shirt get you to the point where you want to shoot someone.'

To the untrained eye, ball-bearing guns like the one used in the attack look every bit like a real firearm.

The potentially lethal weapons are often converted by criminals to fire real bullets, and can be bought easily in high-street shops and on websites.

The Met said it was investigating the incident, which took place in South Norwood, and that police searched a nearby house which the attacker was seen going into.

No one has been arrested.

You know I personally think the guy was shot because he was black, the Obama shirt really doesn't have much to do with it. Seriously the guy could have been wearing a plain shirt and still gotten shot because the shooter was a racist pig.

On a side note, I'm rather curious on people from other countries are supporting one canadate or another when it's not like they really have a say in the election process anyway.

[Msterbeau]

You know I personally think the guy was shot because he was black, the Obama shirt really doesn't have much to do with it. Seriously the guy could have been wearing a plain shirt and still gotten shot because the shooter was a racist pig.

On a side note, I'm rather curious on people from other countries are supporting one canadate or another when it's not like they really have a say in the election process anyway.

Shooting for either reason is being a racist pig.

I guess the supporters feel like what goes on here matters to them too, even if they don't have a say in the process.

[Hellion]

This country is has way too much human trash

[n0Mad]

This country is has way too much human trash

Um, this happened in London or did you miss that part? So, I suppose you mean, "England has way too much human trash."

[Gaf The Horse With Tears]

and it was a BB gun.

[Nevar (5)]

Man if you took all the trash out of the world you'd have like five people left.

[n0Mad]

and it was a BB gun.

Which are probably also illegal in the UK. I know they're trying to ban sharp pointy things which even includes steak knives.

[Rev.Reverence]

You know I personally think the guy was shot because he was black, the Obama shirt really doesn't have much to do with it. Seriously the guy could have been wearing a plain shirt and still gotten shot because the shooter was a racist pig.

On a side note, I'm rather curious on people from other countries are supporting one canadate or another when it's not like they really have a say in the election process anyway.

Because we are not a democracy anymore...we are a .....

...MEDIA-ocracy...so CERTAIN people in other countries now get a say in it...because they sponsor the News...you see?

[Oh_My_Goth]

I think people in other countries are interested in what is going on with the election, because they don't want

war mongers running a powerful nation such as ours.....

[Rev.Reverence]

I think people in other countries are interested in what is going on with the election, because they don't want

war mongers running a powerful nation such as ours.....

...that would be why the random person would care...but there are other nefariously powerful individuals/organizations that would have their say said.