UK - Girl, 9, critical after Hackney quadruple shooting, 29 May 2024

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Man guilty over role in shooting of girl, 9​

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Image caption, Javon Riley was found guilty of three charges of attempted murder and causing grievous bodily harm with intent


A man has been found guilty over his role in a gangland shooting that left a nine-year-old girl with a bullet lodged in her brain.

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The gunman and weapon used in the shooting in east London have never been found.

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"In a single moment, the future we had imagined for our daughter was torn away," the girl's mother said.

"She was once an energetic, adventurous child - everything that celebrated movement, energy, and life," the girl's mother added.

"Now, weakness on her left side means she can only watch from the sidelines, living with a titanium plate in her skull and a bullet still in her brain."

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The girl's mother added: "As parents, we are shattered - emotionally, physically, mentally, and financially.

"Each day brings new challenges, from her slower growth on one side to the emotional and mental scars that cannot be seen.

"The world we once believed was safe for our child now feels frightening and uncertain."

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Riley is due to be sentenced on 12 September.

Man guilty over role in shooting of nine-year-old girl in Dalston

Javon Riley is found guilty over his role in the shooting of a girl at a restaurant in east London.

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£15,000 reward

The gunman fled the scene and has never been found. The force is now offering up to £15,000 for information to help find him.

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Image caption, The gunman, who was on a Ducati Monster motorcycle, has not been found

The Met is offering a reward of up to £15,000 for information to help find the gunman. But it is struggling to get people to come forward.

Commander Brittany Clarke, from the force, said: "We really understand the reasons for people not wanting to speak to police, we understand that there's community mistrust, and also they're scared.

"We see these incidences of violence and we really want to help."

DI Dalloway added: "At the end of the day, a nine-year-old girl has suffered.

She's got a bullet lodged in her brain and it's miraculous that she didn't die.

"There has got to come a point where we say enough is enough."

Hackney: How a nine-year-old girl got caught up in a gangland shooting

The girl was hit by a stray bullet while eating with her family in a Dalston restaurant in May 2024.

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"Caught in the crossfire of a Turkish gang war: ​

How girl, nine, ​

was victim of bloody feud ​

between the Hackney Bombers and rival Tottenham Turks ​

as they battle for control of heroin trade.​

While undoubtedly the most shocking outbreaks of London gangland violence in recent memory,
the horrific events of May 2024
were just one episode in a long feud between the two gangs
that has claimed at least eight lives in the capital.

The long feud between the Hackney Bombers and Tottenham Turks
has its roots in a battle for control over the UK's lucrative heroin trade - which is dominated by Turkish criminals.

While there have been more than 35 major flare-ups between the two mobs, including 20 shootings and three murders,
those involved have largely escaped the glare of publicity
due to the perception their crimes are 'bad on bad'
(criminals attacking other criminals).

But after their feud shattered the life of an innocent girl,
this is now changing.

Police and forensics officers outside Evin restaurant on Kingsland High Street in Hackney,
where the nine-year-old girl was shot."

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