Anwar Muhammad’s gun has been linked to nine shootings and rival gangs
The firearm used by Money Over Bitches gunman Anwar Muhammad has been snatched backwards and forwards between rival gangs over the past two years, and remains on the streets.The 9mm Glock has been linked to nine shootings including two murders, three attempted murders and the wounding of Muhammad’s alleged accomplice.Detective Chief Inspector Nicholas Pedro revealed the information yesterday after Muhammad was convicted of shooting alleged White Hill Crew member Princeton Burrows.MOB and the White Hill Crew are based in separate areas of Somerset and are locked in gang rivalry.Mr Burrows told the trial he managed to wrestle the firearm away from Muhammad despite being injured in the shooting on August 23, 2010.Another prosecution witness testified that he saw Mr Burrows hand the gun over to another man before heading to hospital, but Mr Burrows refused to confirm this.Prosecutor Carrington Mahoney told the jury during the case: “We would love to know where the firearm ended up”.Its whereabouts may be unknown, but its use in other crimes and travels between rival gangs is a matter of public record.Supreme Court heard during a previous trial how Muhammad’s close friend and fellow MOB member Quincy Brangman used it on February 13, 2010, to shoot footballer Nathan Darrell in Sandys.It was used again less than three weeks after the Darrell attack to injure Shawn Williams at the Royal Artillery Association (RAA) Club in St George’s early on April 4 2010.Alleged MOB member Mr Williams was said by prosecutors to have been Muhammad’s getaway driver in the Burrows shooting, although charges were dropped against him before the trial began.St George’s resident Dwayne Signor, who admitted shooting Mr Williams at the RAA club, told Supreme Court he handed the gun to a fellow St George’s man after fleeing the scene.Signor was convicted and imprisoned for ten years.Somehow, the gun made its way back west and was used in two shootings in Sandys in March 2010 where nobody was hit. Then, on May 28 2010, it was used by White Hill Crew associate Kevin Warner to murder his former friend Dekimo Martin.Warner was convicted of the Martin murder and jailed for 35 years.The weapon remained at large and on July 10, 2010 it was fired at Jahcai Morris, on Sound View Road, Sandys, leaving him injured. No charges have been laid in that case.On July 23, 2010 the gun was confirmed to be back in the hands of the MOB again when Muhammad’s friend and fellow MOB member Marico Bassett used it to shoot and injure Randy Lightbourne outside the Charing Cross Tavern in Somerset.Bassett, 21, was convicted and jailed for 25 years, yet the weapon remained at large. On February 4 2011 it was used to shoot Colford Ferguson dead at a house on East Shore Road, Somerset.Police don’t consider Mr Ferguson to have been a gang member but the crime happened in an area considered to be MOB territory. No one has been brought to justice for the killing.The gun’s links to the string of shootings was established by expert analysis of bullets and cartridges left at the scenes of crime.Det Ch Insp Pedro said after Muhammad’s conviction yesterday that he did not wish to speak in detail about how the gun has travelled around and fallen into the hands of rival groups.However, he said: “We have not recovered the gun.“The evidence was led that the victim (Mr Burrows) managed to get the gun away. We do believe it’s gotten back into the hands of MOB (since then).“You will note that the murder of Colford Ferguson occurred after this incident and I will leave it at that for now.”Anyone who knows where the gun is should call the Serious Crime Unit on 295-0011, or the confidential and anonymous Crime Stoppers hotline on 800-8477.