23-year-old Daniel Britton, a resident of Lynton Road, has been charged with the murder of Dean Cronin on Wednesday 12 July.
Police were called to a house in John McKenna Walk, SE16, in the early hours of Wednesday morning to reports of a shooting.
Armed officers attended and found 29 year old painter and decorator Dean Cronin who had been shot.
He was pronounced dead at a south London hospital.
Mr Britton, also a painter and decorator, was arrested at his home early on Wednesday morning.
He remains in custody and will be appearing at Greenwich Magistrates' Court
at 10am on Saturday 15 July 2006.
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