Kacey Boothe, 25, was shot dead outside the Peterhouse Community Centre in Walthamstow in August 2022 (Picture: PA)
Four men have been jailed after killing a man in a gang shooting outside of a child’s first birthday party.
Kacey Boothe, 25, was shot dead outside the Peterhouse Community Centre in Walthamstow in August 2022.
His friend Khalid Samanter, the father of the one-year-old, had been the intended target of the hit.
Kamani Brightly-Donaldson, 24, Jeffrey Gyimah, 22, Joao Pateco-Te, 27 and drill rapper Kammar Henry-Richards, 26, have been ailed for a total of 147 years.
Henry-Richards is a successful drill rapper known as ‘Kay-O’ and boasted about killing Mr Boothe in a rap music video called ‘Laughing Stock’.
The lyrics read: ‘Big Boothe and Little got hit, same sig, that’s a sour family.
‘Both got slapped at functions, neck and head, handguns come handy.’
‘Big Boothe shoulda lurked, got his neck back ripped. Lil’ got burst, shoulda bin with his.’
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