Moment man shot by Chris Kaba's '67 gang' in nightclub staggers to car before collapsing in pool of blood

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THIS is the moment a man shot by Chris Kaba’s ’67 gang’ in a nightclub staggered to his car before collapsing in a pool of blood.

Disturbing CCTV showed Kaba, 24, chasing rival gang member Brandon Malutshi outside Oval Space nightclub in Hackney, East London.

Footage revealed Kaba ran after his target into the street and fired a further three times, on the night of 30 August 2022.

A bullet hit Malutshi in his right leg just under the buttock.

Malutshi could be seen reaching his car before collapsing in a pool of blood.

He was given a blood transfusion and despite medical advice, discharged himself later that day with a bullet fragment still embedded in his right leg.

Meanwhile, Kaba made his way towards the Audi Q8 getaway car, which he was driving when shot dead by gun cop Martyn Blake.

Sgt Martyn Blake, 40,was cleared of murder but faces misconduct charges after shooting Kaba on September 5 2022.

Jurors in an earlier trial were told the Oval Nightclub shooting was part of a County Lines feud between Kaba's 67 gang and the rival 17 gang, which Malutshi was associated with.

The court heard how Kaba's fellow gang member Marcus Pottinger, 30, smuggled a handgun through metal detectors into the Open Space club, where he had previously worked.

Another gang member, 31-year-old Shemiah Bell, was also initially seen on CCTV inside the club holding a bag containing the gun.

This comes as it was revealed yesterday that Kaba, nicknamed 'Mad Itch', was a feared “core member” of the notorious ’67’ Brixton gang.

The 24-year-old drill rapper had served prison sentences for firearms offences and possessing weapons.

Kaba was shot dead by Met Police firearms officer Martyn Blake on September 5 2022.

A Tactical Firearms Commander had been made aware of a sighting of the Audi Q8, driven by Kaba, after ANPR camera flags up its alleged involvement in the previous shooting.

The commander declared a firearms incident and passed tactics to an armed response team.

Armed officers pursued the car, which was forced to a stop at 10.07pm in Streatham Hill, South London.

Kaba revved the engine, and Martyn Blake, who was standing in front of the car, fired a single shot through the windscreen and Kaba died in hospital at 0.19am.

In the week leading up to his death, Kaba was linked to two shootings and the gang member was facing the prospect of a long prison sentence, according to Martyn Blake’s barrister.

After Kaba was caught on CCTV shooting Malutshi at Oval Space nightclub, the Old Bailey heard there was "strong evidence" Kaba was one of a gang who also carried out a shotgun attack in Brixton the night before his death.

It was also revealed in legal argument how Kaba had gunshot residue on his sleeve when he was shot dead by Blake.

Sgt Blake's defence counsel argued the shootings explained why Kaba tried to ram his way out of a police trap in Streatham before he died.

Patrick Gibbs KC suggested that had Kaba lived, "he would have been tried for attempted murder in this court over many weeks."

However, jurors trying 40-year-old Sgt Blake for murder, were barred from knowing about Kaba's life of crime.

Mr Justice Goss ruled Kaba's background and the shootings before his death, offered no "important explanatory evidence" to the case.

Blake – cleared of murder in just three hours after a three-week trial – had been briefed about the Brixton shooting before going out on patrol but had no knowledge of Kaba when he killed him.

The judge lifted a contempt of court order allowing reporting of Kaba's background for the first time.

Until now, Kaba has been painted as a loving dad-to-be who worked as a construction worker.

But he had convictions dating back to the age of 13.

Kaba was found guilty for his part in a vicious nine-man fight in 2014 during which he was shot.

And he was sentenced to four years imprisonment in 2017 for possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.

Kaba was jailed for five months in 2020 for possessing a knife – and failing to stop for police.

The dad-to-be was also handed a 28-day domestic violence order in April 2022 preventing him contacting the mother of his unborn child.

It emerged during legal submissions that Kaba had previously been subject to an interim gang order.

He was due to face an application for a permanent order which was due to take place 10 days after his death.

The only evidence the jury heard about Kaba's character was from a friend who knew him for two years and claimed he was a "calm" person.

It contrasted to evidence from an earlier three-month Old Bailey trial this year which heard how Kaba brutally shot a rival in a drug feud.

After the Malutshi Oval Space Nightclub shooting, Bell was jailed for 10 years in April this year and Pottinger got nine years.

Both were convicted of wounding with intent and possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence following a three-month trial.

Another of Kaba's associates, 28-year-old Connel Bamgboye, was jailed for five years and six months after he was convicted of the firearms offence.

Bamgboye's passport was in Kaba's car when he was shot dead by Blake.

Sentencing over the Hackney shooting, Judge Simon Mayo told Pottinger, Bell and Bamgboye: "I am sure that you and Kaba had brought that gun to the scene."

The judge said Kaba was a "core member" of the Brixton-based 67 gang.

Judge Mayo also told Bell as he jailed him: "The jury's verdicts mean they were sure that….you and Pottinger encouraged Kaba in his plan.

"The risk of grave or life threatening injury occurring when someone is shot by a gun is clear and obvious.

"I am satisfied that the intention you shared with Kaba fell not that far short of an intention to kill."

Blake's defence KC Mr Gibbs said the Hackney nightclub shooting explained "an enormous amount" on "why he did what he did" when Kaba tried to escape the police trap.

His legal team were also barred by the judge from suggesting another shooting on the night before Kaba died could have influenced his behaviour during the police stop.

Kaba's Audi Q8 was linked to a shotgun attack on a car containing two people outside a Brixton school on the night of 4 September 2022.

Witnesses reported seeing three men with a shotgun at the time of the shooting.

Nobody had been arrested and the weapon was still outstanding when Kaba was killed as he tried to ram his way out of a police stop.

Phone cell site analysis showed Kaba's movements mirrored the Audi's before and after the Brixton shooting.

However, there was no data available at the time shots were fired – suggesting the phone might have been switched off.

Mr Gibbs, said: "One of the things the Crown say is that there is no evidence Mr Kaba was one of the gunmen on 4 September.

"In my submission there is strong evidence suggesting that he was."

Mr Gibbs said what Kaba "actually was and what he had done" was "relevant" to the murder trial.

He also applied for Kaba's criminal history to go before the jury as agreed facts – which Mr Justice Goss turned down.

The judge said the evidence about the shootings in the week leading up to Kaba's death was irrelevant to the case against Blake.

Ex-Met firearms officer Tony Long – cleared of murdering a London gangster in 2015 – said after the case: "The jury were kept in the dark about who Chris Kaba really was.

"It was unfair to Martyn Blake as Kaba's past history explains why he acted in the way he did when he was shot.

"To speak ill of the dead seems in this case to be considered worse than prosecuting someone for a murder they have not done.

"The law has asked 12 members of the public to make a huge life-impacting decision without key evidence."