(From L to R) Alrico Nelson-Martin, Jashy Perch, Jordan Walters and Tyrell Lacroix-Omar were sentenced on Friday
Four men have been jailed for between 13 and 26 years for a drive-by shooting outside a church in which two children and four women were injured.
The men tried to target a rival gang they believed would be at the church, Kingston Crown Court heard.
A gun was fired into a crowd at a memorial service at St Aloysius Church in Euston in January 2023.
Tyrell Lacroix-Oma, Jashy Perch, Jordan Walters and Alrico Nelson-Martin were convicted in February.
They were all found guilty of conspiracy to wound with intent to cause GBH.
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The shooting took place while a memorial service was being held for Fresia Calderon and her daughter Sara Sanchez
Lacroix-Omar, 23, from Swiss Cottage, was given 26 years; Perch, 20, from Watford, who was also convicted of possessing a knife and cannabis, was sentenced to 20 years.
Walters, 24, and Nelson-Martin, 20, both from Brent, were sentenced to 13 and 14 years respectively.
Two of the six shooting victims were left with injuries that would “impact them the rest of their lives”, the Met Police said.
Judge Mark Bryant-Heron KC said to the defendants: “You were all prepared to play your part to shoot and maim innocent members of the public”. He said the attack was “timed to cause maximum impact and maximum injury” and that they had caused “mayhem and panic”.
The judge, reading from a witness statement, said one of the victims, a seven-year-old girl, still had a metal pellet lodged next to her heart.
Her mother says her daughter can no longer sleep on her own, Judge Bryant-Heron said.
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