Murder victim: Leroy Mitchell

Almost four years after a fatal shooting in a South Croydon car park, a man has appeared in court charged with the murder.

Cimarron Dume-Gooden, 32, of no fixed address, was charged on Monday with the murder of Leroy Mitchell and perverting the course of justice. Dume-Gooden appeared at at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

Mitchell, 35, a father of three, was shot with a shotgun on Birdhurst Road in the early hours of October 2, 2021.

A police man-hunt saw one suspect arrested, but later released, and a £20,000 reward offered for information leading to an arrest from charity Crimestoppers.

Mitchell was shot after attending a silent disco.

He was described as a “devoted father of three children”.

Inside Croydon – If you want real journalism, delivering real news, from a publication that is actually based in the borough, please consider paying for it. Sign up today: click here for more details

• Inside Croydon has moved to Bluesky. Click here to join us there for latest updates and insights

PAID ADS: To advertise your services or products to our 10,000 weekday visitors to the site, as featured on Google News Showcase, email us inside.croydon@btinternet.com for our unbeatable ad rates

• Check out our archive of podcasts on Spotify, including our monthly news discussion panel show thingy, the Croydon Insider, and The Andrew Fisher Interview

• If you have a news story about life in or around Croydon, or want to publicise your residents’ association or business, or if you have a local event to promote, please email us with full details at inside.croydon@btinternet.com

• As featured on Google News Showcase

• We offer FREE ads to community groups when they have members who are paid subscribers to Inside Croydon

• Our comments section on every report provides all readers with an immediate “right of reply” on all our content. Our comments policy can be read by clicking here

• Inside Croydon is a member of the Independent Community News Network