Two men who fired gun shots at addresses in Brent have been jailed.
Police described Shaun Campbell and Gavin Macintosh as “two very dangerous men” after they received a combined prison sentence on 33 years at the Old Bailey on November 30.
It followed incidents in Gloucester Close and nearby Bruce Grove at the beginning of the year.
The pair had pleaded guilty to firing a gun and were each sentenced to 13 years and six months for possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, and an additional three years for the danger he had posed to public safety.
A third defendant, 23-year-old Lamar Bowen from Regina Road, Southall was charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and possessing a firearm whilst being a prohibited person, but found not guilty at the Old Bailey on November 8 following an eight-day trial.
Police had been called to Gloucester Close at around 12.50pm on January 26 to reports of a male with a shotgun leaving and then re-entering a property.
Shortly before officers arrived at the scene, shots were fired at an address in Bruce Road. No one was injured.
Firearms officers searched a number of addresses in the area, and traced and stopped a Vauxhall Corsa believed to be involved in the incident.
The three occupants of the car - Campbell, 23 and from Lansdown Road in Barnet, Bowen, and a 20-year-old woman driving the vehicle were arrested. She was later released with no further action.
Macintosh, 24, of no fixed abode, was arrested on March 10 at a hotel in Cricklewood. He was charged that same day with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.
The crime was investigated by the Met’s Trident Area Crime Command. DC Paul Valverde said: “The sentences handed down are the result of combined hard work and tenacity not only from Trident officers but also the witnesses who bravely came forward and assisted the investigation.
“The sentences handed down have taken two very dangerous individuals to a place where they’re actions no longer pose a danger to the public.”
