Gunman disguised as Deliveroo cyclist shot 8-year-old girl sat in car with family, court told

A gunman disguised as a Deliveroo rider shot an eight-year-old girl and her father in front of their family, a court has heard.

Jazz Reid, 34, allegedly shot the child twice and her 34-year-old father five times on November 24.

The father and daughter, who both survived, were sat with relatives in a car in Ladbroke Grove, West London, when eleven shots rang out.

Reid is accused of carrying out three separate shootings, always in his delivery rider disguise, between October and November last year.

Police found a 9mm self-loading pistol loaded with 17 live rounds hidden beneath a concrete slab outside his home, jurors heard.

Each shooting was planned and executed with ‘precision’, prosecutor Michael Goodwin KC told Old Bailey jurors on Monday.

Reid would drive a hire car to the area, change into his Deliveroo disguise – complete with a takeaway box – and cycle an e-bike to his intended targets, it is claimed.

In the first shooting on October 9, Reid allegedly fired twice, hitting Ameile Buncombe in the thigh at the victim’s home in Notting Hill.

In body-worn video shown to jurors, the victim told police the assailant was carrying a ‘kangaroo’ bag, before correcting it to ‘Deliveroo’, as he was treated at the scene.

On November 11, Reid fired four shots at a north London address linked to the father, who was the subject of the third attack, it is claimed.

No injuries were reported to police on that occasion.

Thirteen days later, Reid allegedly shot the eight-year-old 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.’

He continued: ‘Each of these three shootings are alleged to have been targeted shootings. They were planned and executed with precision.’

Reid would drive hire cars from his Uxbridge home and park near an associate’s flat on the Swinbrook Estate in North Kensington, the court heard.

He allegedly used the flat as a ‘cover location’ where he could park his hire car without arousing suspicion.

He would collect the e-bike and Deliveroo outfit from the flat before cycling to the location of the attacks, it was claimed.

Mr Goodwin said: ‘He was disguised as a Deliveroo driver when he carried out the shootings. All three occasions involved a Deliveroo driver riding an e-bike.’

After each shooting, Reid returned his disguise to the Swinbrook Estate flat and drove the hire car home, it is claimed.

Mr Goodwin told jurors: ‘The defendant was arrested on November 26 while driving the hire car, and his home address in Uxbridge was searched.

‘Just outside the home, under a slab of concrete, officers found a 9mm self-loading pistol loaded with 17 live rounds.’

The court heard Reid’s DNA was found on the grip and muzzle of the pistol forensically linked to the third shooting.

A different gun was used in the first two shootings, with the defendant’s partial DNA identified on casings at the second scene, the court heard.

Mr Goodwin said: ‘This defendant had access to two separate firearms used to carry out all three shootings. The three shootings are forensically linked.’

It is alleged the defendant tried to cover his tracks by switching his sim card and changing his mobile phone handset.

But the evidence allegedly showed he phoned his contact on the Swinbrook Estate shortly before each incident.

The defendant’s car journeys to north-west London were tracked by police on CCTV, traffic cameras and through cell site data, jurors were told.

The e-bike and Deliveroo disguise were later recovered from the Swinbrook Estate address.

Reid has denied the attempted murder of the father and wounding the girl with intent. Neither victim can be identified for legal reasons.

He has also pleaded not guilty to wounding Mr Buncombe with intent on October 9 last year and a string of firearms offences relating to the incidents.

The Old Bailey trial continues.

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