A gunman who disguised himself as a Deliveroo rider before shooting an eight-year-old girl and her father in north-west London has been found guilty at the Old Bailey. The court heard that Jazz Reid fired 11 shots during the attack in Ladbroke Grove on 24 November 2024, striking the child twice and her 34-year-old father five times as they sat with family members in a parked car.
On Thursday, a jury convicted Reid, 33, of attempted murder of the father and wounding the girl with intent. He was also found guilty of another wounding offence from October last year and of several firearms offences. The Deliveroo disguise shooting was one of three attacks linked by forensic evidence to the same two guns, the court was told.
Prosecutors described the shootings as planned and executed with “precision”. Michael Goodwin KC said Reid had gone to great lengths to conceal his identity, driving to the area in a hire car, changing into a Deliveroo outfit complete with a takeaway box, and using an e-bike to reach his targets. Reid also switched mobile phones and SIM cards to avoid detection.
Reid told the court that the gun was “planted” and claimed he was being framed over a £10,000 drug debt. The prosecution rejected this account, saying his actions showed clear planning and intent. Jurors heard that Reid had previously been convicted of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs in 2013, following an earlier arrest in 2012.
The court was told that Reid frequently used hire cars from his home in Uxbridge and would park near a flat on the Swinbrook Estate in north Kensington, which he used as a “cover location”. From there, he collected his e-bike and Deliveroo uniform before carrying out the shootings. Officers later found a 9mm self-loading pistol loaded with 17 live rounds hidden under a slab of concrete outside Reid’s home. His DNA was found on the grip and muzzle of the weapon, which was linked forensically to the third shooting.
A separate firearm was used in the first two attacks, with Reid’s partial DNA found on shell casings from one of those scenes. Each incident, prosecutors said, involved a Deliveroo rider on an e-bike. Reid was arrested while driving a hire car near his home in Uxbridge two days after the Ladbroke Grove shooting. He has been remanded in custody and is due to be sentenced on 5 January.
