Hitman posing as Deliveroo rider shot girl, 8, and her dad - Irish Mirror

"She is more anxious than an eight-year-old should be. It makes me sick there is still a bullet inside my baby girl."

A suspected contract hitman who disguised himself as a Deliveroo rider before opening fire and killing an eight year-old-girl and her father has been jailed today, Thursday, January 1, for 38 years.

Jazz Reid fired 11 shots that hit the little girl twice and her father, 34, five times as they sat with their family and friends in a car in Ladbroke Grove, north-west London, on November 24. The bullets hit the father in the chest, abdomen, back, and pelvis areas and injured the child in her buttocks and foot.

Reid drove a hire car before changing into his Deliveroo disguise, complete with a takeaway box, then he cycled an e-bike to the location of his intended targets. The family were celebrating her birthday with friends before the incident which has left their daughter, "a shadow of the bubbly, bright, larger than life character she once was", according to her mother, reports the Mirror.

This shooting is one of three linked incidents, involving the use of two guns. One of the two guns were recovered from underneath a concrete slab outside the home of Reid, 33, after the house was search following his arrest.

Police have since seized a 9mm self loading pistol since Reid's trial in 2025, which related to the first two shootings along with a moped, the Old Bailey was told. Each shooting was executed with 'precision'. Reid switched off his mobile phone and sim card to avoid detection, Michael Goodwin KC, prosecutor said.

Last November, Reid was found guilty of the attempted murder of the father and wounding the girl with intent. He was convicted of a string of firearms offences along with wounding a second man with intent on October 9, 2024.

Reid denied any involvement with the shootings nor did he provide any motive for them, Mr Goodwin stated. On Thursday, January 15, Judge Sarah Whitehouse KC sentenced Reid at the Old Bailey to 38 years in prison and a further five years on extended licence.

Judge Whitehouse said that the lack of motive was of great concern and raised the possibility of 'contract killings' as there was no evidence that Reid knew his victims. She said that Reid may have carried out the shootings for others for reasons 'relating to drug dealing of some other financial gain.'

Reid drove a hire car before changing into his Deliveroo outfit and cycling an e-bike to the location of his targets. Reid fired twice, in the first shooting on October 9, 2024, which hit Ameile Buncombe in the thigh at the home of the victim in Notting Hill.

He later made his first attempt to shoot the 34-year-old father on November 11 2024 by firing four shots at an address in north London that was linked to the victim. The victim was not injured.

Reid was driving a hire car in Uxbridge near his home, when he was arrested in November 26. In body cam footage, police video shows armed officers performing a hard stop before surrounding Reid in his car.

He denied being the gunman before claiming he had been 'set up' over a £10,000 debt and the gun found at his home was 'planted.'

In a statement, the mother of the injured child and partner of the 34-year-old victim said Reid's actions had "completely shattered both my life and my family's". The ongoing impact remained "enormous", she said: "I have frequent flashbacks and relive that evening every day.

"I carry the guilt of not being able to protect my little girl from what happened to her, on a day we'd spent surrounded by friends and family celebrating her birthday. That day should've been about her, not what it turned into because of this man. The incident has completely turned my daughter's life upside down. She is a shadow of the bubbly, bright, larger than life character she once was, and now rarely wants to go out and socialise while suffering daily trauma and questioning why it happened.

"My partner has gone from being a happy, active, social man to one who is unable to walk. The pain of seeing him like this is unbearable for us all. While we are grateful that justice has been served and to the investigating officers for their hard work throughout this investigation, unfortunately, no sentence will ever make up for what Reid did to my family."

The mother of four was emotional as she told the court about her living "nightmare". Her eight-year-old daughter suffers flashbacks and refers to the gunman as the "bad man".

"She is more anxious than an eight-year-old should be. It makes me sick there is still a bullet inside my baby girl," she said.

Following the sentencing, Detective Inspector Richard Scott, from Scotland Yard, said: "This was a truly shocking series of crimes carried out by a man intent on committing murder. His actions were carefully planned and executed. He intended to kill his targets but also ended up seriously injuring an innocent young girl who must now live with the trauma caused by Reid's wicked actions."

Superintendent Owen Renowden, who leads policing in Kensington and Chelsea, thanked the community of Ladbroke Grove for the help. He said: "Jazz Reid was a prolific criminal in the Ladbroke Grove area with firearms at the centre of his offending, so it was incredibly important we did everything in our power to bring him to justice."

Mr Renowden recognised the courage of Reid’s victims while speaking outside the Old Bailey. He added: “Reid caused serious injuries to two men, and a young girl who had been celebrating her eighth birthday with friends and loved ones. He also endangered the lives of others, and London is a safer place as a result of the significant sentence handed to him today.”