Police investigate serious incident at Candover Street

The Met Police closed Riding House Street at the junction with Candover and Nassau Streets in Fitzrovia West to investigate a serious incident that happened around 10.30am on Sunday 12 July.

Blue tape was put up to cordon off the area and shortly afterwards red tape was put up as an inner cordon.

London Ambulance Service also attended the scene.

One man is believed to be seriously injured outside on the east side pavement of Candover Street. He later died.

Riding House Street was closed to all vehicles at the junction with Candover and Nassau Streets.

Candover Street remained closed at 12.30pm but Riding House Street reopened.

Later in the afternoon the incident was over and emergency services left the scene and all the roads were reopened.

Update: 22 July 2026. Over the past week flowers and tributes have been left at the scene by friends and family of the man named as David.

No further information is available at the moment.

The police and ambulance service have been contacted for comment.

This report was updated on Wednesday 22 July 2026 to include a photo of flowers and tributes.

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