Two men and three teenagers have been convicted of murdering a 19-year-old father in an attack which saw shots fired into a shop near a busy cinema.

Tyrell Graham, 18, and Sheareem Cookhorn, 21, were found guilty on Friday of the murder of Kamali Gabbidon-Lynck and the attempted murder of a 20-year-old man.

Three 17-year-old males were also convicted of Kamali’s murder and causing grievous bodily harm with intent to the second man, who has not been named.

Cookhorn was also found guilty of possessing a firearm with intent, while one of the teens was also found guilty of possessing a knife.

The group had planned their calculated attack to cause serious injury on the night of February 22 in Wood Green, north London, a court heard.

They had parked a silver Peugeot on Tottenham’s Broadwater Farm estate before setting off to Wood Green on bicycles to hunt for members of a rival gang at around 7pm.

Between the five of them they were carrying at least five knives, including a machete and a small sword, a handgun and a shotgun.

They found their eventual victims, along with two others, near a Vue cinema and pulled out their weapons.

Cookhorn fired shots towards them which missed the men, with one bullet flying through an open door in a shop and narrowly missing customers and staff.

The victims and associates had prepared to fight back but fled as soon as the shots were fired.

CCTV footage shows members of the gang later pulling out huge blades before mounting their bikes to chase their victims.

Kamali and the other victim became separated from the rest of their group and the second man was surrounded, stabbed eight times and shot once in the buttock.

The attack was interrupted when Kamali, who had returned to his car, drove towards the defendants.

After getting himself stuck in a row of parked cars he fled to a hairdressers’ shop but was followed inside and knifed to death.

The defendants fled on their bikes back to the Peugeot where they changed their clothes and fled the scene.

Emergency services were called to the scene at around 8pm and the two victims were rushed to hospital. Kamali was pronounced dead shortly after 3am.

Police said they tracked down the gang after analysing hundreds of hours of CCTV and carrying out forensic work across Wood Green.

It took two-and-a-half months from the first arrest to bring in the entire group.

DCI Simon Stancombe said: ‘So desperate were the defendants to continue their petty postcode rivalry, the gang launched their gun and knife attack outside a busy cinema and several restaurants packed with people and children enjoying their Friday night.

‘Having chased down Kamali and his friend like a pack of animals they set about them with a ferocity I have rarely seen.

‘Not content with the damage they had caused that night they then boasted about their murderous exploits in amateurish drill videos.

‘In truth, there are no winners, no bragging rights or anything to be proud of.

One man is dead, another has life changing injuries, a family is utterly bereft and five young men will spend the best days of their lives behind bars.’

He urged anyone involved in gang activities or who knows someone who is to visit the charity website Fearless.org, who are independent from police and can be passed information anonymously.

Independent charity Crimestoppers can also be contacted anonymously on 0800 555 111 or by visiting their website.

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