Lamar Scott, 27, who went by the name Perm, was shot after a car chase in Brixton, south London, on Sunday. Guilherme Messias da Silva, 21, a Deliveroo driver who was hit by the moped as he made his last delivery of the day, also died during the incident. Lamar Scott, 27, aka Perm. Photo: Facebook Speaking to Brazilian news agency Globo, his mother, nurse technician Rosângela Messias de Sousa, 46, said she “fell into despair, screamed, fainted” after learning of her son’s death. “It is very sad, my heart is bleeding. Everything hurts,” she said, adding that her son had moved to London for work. Scott’s father is boxing promoter Dean Whyte, who mainly represents Dillian Whyte (no relation), who lost his WBC heavyweight title bid to Tyson Fury in April in front of 90,000 people at Wembley Stadium. The shooting was the latest in a string of gun attacks in the capital, including an incident in Ilford, east London, on October 25 in which two men were killed and another injured. Saydi Abu Sheikh, 23, who used the alias Giddy, and Zakariya Jeilani Mohamed, 32, who used the name Shifty, died in violence allegedly stemming from gang rivalry. Guilherme Messias da Silva, 21. Photo: web Dean White, in a tribute to his son, posted on Instagram: “KEEP UP boy, daddy loves you.” Dillian Whyte re-shared his supporter’s post on his own feed accompanied by a broken heart emoji. According to Metropolitan police figures, there were 12 fatal shootings among 134 homicides investigated by the force in 2021. In September, another rapper, Maximillian Kusi-Owusu, 29, known as M Lo, was shot dead on Kensington High Street in central London. On the last day of the Notting Hill Carnival in August, Takayo Nembhard, known as TKorStretch, was fatally stabbed. In July there were three more fatal shootings in the capital in six days. Two men died on July 24 – Camilo Palacio, 23, of Wood Green, north London. and Sam Brown, 28, of Cheney Row Park, Waltham Forest, east London. while Daneche Tison, 26, was killed in Bruckner Street, Queen’s Park, north-west London, on July 19. On August 13, Kacey Boothe, 25, was shot outside a child’s birthday party in Walthamstow, east London.
