Teenager gunned down in gang crossfire had recently proposed to girlfriend

Ryan Bravo, 18, had asked his girlfriend Jennifer to marry him but wanted her to keep it a secret because he was unable to afford a ring.

Yesterday, she added a comment to the pages of tributes to him on the website Gone Too Soon.

Innocent: Ryan Bravo was 'a good kid definitely not involved in gangs'

She wrote: 'rememba wat u asked me a few weeks ago. u asked me 2 marry you and i sed YES bt u tld me nt 2 tell no 1 coz u had no money 2 get me a ring. u do not undastand hw hurt i am.

'ryan wesley kiffin bravo i love u so much bt dnt wori im takin cre of ur mum.'

Yesterday his father paid tribute to the hard-working student who hoped to become an accountant.

Mr Bravo visited the murder scene at the Costcutter supermarket in Walworth, South East London, where Ryan was killed on Wednesday night as he made his way home with his two brothers and a cousin.

Mr Bravo, who refused to give his first name, said: 'I am Ryan's father. It is very hard to say anything at the moment, but I want to say that Ryan was decent and very hardworking.

'He was studying to be an accountant. He would have gone on to university from there, and me and his mother would have helped him.

'He was not a bad person and he is not mixed up in things like this.

'All we know is that he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.'

A forensic expert examines bullet holes in a phone booth outside the shop where Ryan was shot

Detectives from Operation Trident, which investigates crime in the black community, is hunting up to five suspects who fled on three mopeds.

Police have been given permission to continue questioning a 19-year-old arrested near the scene on Wednesday night.

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A policewoman stands guard outside the Costcutter shop where the teenager was shot dead