Detectives investigating the shooting of a black equal rights activist have made an arrest in Kent.

Sasha Johnson, was shot in Peckham during the early hours of Sunday, May 23, and remains in a critical condition in hospital.

Today officers revealed they arrested a 25-year-old man during the early hours of this morning in the Gravesend area.

The man was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder at an address in the county. He was taken to a police station for questioning an remains in custody.

Ms Johnson, 27, was shot on Consort Road in south-east London after a group of men opened fire at a party.

She works in activism and community support and got a first in social care at Oxford University.

At the time, The Metropolitan Police said a group of four black men in dark clothing had entered the garden where the party was being held and “discharged a firearm”.

The Met said that Ms Johnson was among around 30 guests at a party in the back garden of a house in Consort Road.

Four other men who were arrested in relation to the shooting have been bailed until later this month.

Two others have already been charged in connection with the investigation.

Well-wishers have also placed banners up on railings near King's College Hospital in London where Ms Johnson is being treated.

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