A split second after she was dancing in the aisle of her uncle's shop, this is the sickening sight of a five-year-old girl being gunned down by gangsters.
Thusha Kamaleswaran was caught in the crossfire of a bungled assassination attempt when a stray bullet hit her in the chest in Stockwell, south London.
She twice went into cardiac arrest as paramedics frantically battled to save her. Thusha will remain paralysed for life.
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Harrowing: CCTV from inside Stockwell Food and Wine shows lying on the floor having been shot in the chest
Today, three members of a notorious street gang are facing years behind bars for the attack.
Nathaniel Grant, 21, Kazeem Kolawole, 19, and Anthony McCalla, 20, were involved in a 'tit-for-tat' gang feud that was caught on CCTV when it exploded.
The bicycling attackers had chased a rival gang member into the store and circled in the street outside before Grant fired two shots from a silver semi-automatic pistol through the front door.
Roshan Selvakumar, 35, who lived upstairs and was buying groceries, was hit in the face by the second shot, but miraculously escaped serious injury - though he still has part of the bullet lodged in his skull.
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