A gunman disguised as a Deliveroo rider shot an eight-year-old girl and her father during a series of targeted attacks in London, a court has heard. Jazz Reid, 33, allegedly fired 11 shots, hitting the child twice and the 34-year-old man five times as they sat with family members in a car in Ladbroke Grove, north-west London, on November 24.
Prosecutor Michael Goodwin KC told jurors on Monday that each shooting was planned and executed with precision. Reid would drive a hire car to the area, change into a Deliveroo disguise complete with a takeaway box, and cycle an e-bike to the location of his intended targets, it is claimed. He switched his mobile phone and sim card to avoid detection.
The first shooting occurred on October 9 last year in Notting Hill, where Reid allegedly fired twice, hitting a victim in the thigh. On November 11, he fired four shots at an address in north London linked to the father, who was the target of the third attack; no injuries were reported. Thirteen days later, Reid shot the girl and her father in their car on Southern Row in Ladbroke Grove.
Mr Goodwin said: 'Eleven shots were fired, five hit (the father) in the back, chest, abdomen and pelvis area. Two shots hit his daughter in her buttocks and foot. Both (victims) and other family members were sat in a car used regularly by the family. They had nowhere to escape to when the defendant opened fire on them.'
Reid was arrested on November 26 while driving a hire car. A 9mm self-loading pistol loaded with 17 live rounds was found under a concrete slab outside his home in Uxbridge. His DNA was found on the pistol, which was forensically linked to the third shooting. A different gun was used in the first two shootings, with partial DNA identified on casings at the second scene.
Reid has denied the attempted murder of the father and wounding the girl with intent. Neither victim can be identified for legal reasons. The trial continues.
