Pop star Rachel Stevens was caught up in a terrifying gun attack as she enjoyed a quiet meal with her family at a popular celebrity restaurant.
A gunman carrying two pistols and wearing a motorbike helmet chased another man into the busy restaurant packed with diners, last night.
The star of Strictly Come Dancing and close family members, including fiance Alex Bourne, looked on in horror as the gunman opened fire and shot a 31-year-old man in the leg and a 15-year-old boy in the arm. The two people who were wounded were in the delicatessen part of the Harry Morgan restaurant buying takeaway food when the attacker opened fire, the Metropolitan Police said. Eyewitnesses said five shots were fired as diners threw themselves to the floor screaming. The restaurant was strewn with broken glass and furniture. Also caught up in the violence was the BBC chief economics correspondent Hugh Pym. Mr Pym said: 'I immediately went to ground and pulled my 15-year-old son under the table.
'We were aware of a guy running through.
'He didn't appear as if he had a weapon - it felt like he was the victim. Rachel, seen in London yesterday, was robbed outside her home in London just a few weeks ago
The attack happened at a branch of the restaurant in St John's Wood, west London. Pym continued: 'We were under the table and everyone was shouting 'stay down, stay down'. 'Obviously there was a lot of broken glass and people gradually emerged from the tables.
'People were pretty shaken up and were wailing in shock more than anything else.'
One man working at the restaurant, who did not want to be named, confirmed the 31-year-old former member of S Club 7 had been enjoying a meal at the popular restaurant at the time.
'The restaurant was full at the time and I think there were about five shots fired,' he said.
A spokeswoman for Miss Stevens said last night: 'Rachel and her family were dining at a restaurant where gunshots were fired. It was frightening experience for everybody there but none of the diners were hurt.'
She added that Miss Stevens was shaken up and shocked but otherwise unharmed and had gone home.
The attack comes just weeks after she was robbed of her jewellery by three men who followed her to her home in nearby Regents Park.
The items believed to be stolen included her engagement ring, a necklace and a Rolex watch. Eyewitness, Billy Osbourne, was also in the restaurant and saw the first man run in.
'Then all of a sudden a guy in a motorbike helmet came in - he had two automatic pistols and he starts firing at the guy,' he told the BBC.
'As soon as I smelled the cordite I was under the table.
'Everyone was screaming and hitting the deck.
'It was unbelievable - it was a packed restaurant and it does not appear anybody [among the diners] was hurt.' A spokesman for the Met Police said they were called at 9.10pm to reports of a shooting.
A man in his 30s suffered a gunshot wound to the leg and a 15-year-old boy was injured by glass.
'Both have been taken to hospital with serious injuries, but they are not life threatening,' he added.
No arrests have been made.
Mohamed Hamud, 40, a waiter working at the nearby Sahara restaurant, said: 'One guy was running down the street and the other guy was running after him.
'People must have seen the gun because they started jumping out of the way and throwing themselves on the floor. I've never seen anything like it except in action films.'
Harry Morgan's was established in 1948 by a London butcher and has been shortlisted in the Evening Standard Restaurant Awards. Credit: Mail Online Posted by: Jessica | 
