Jamaica gun victim had wanted to play out for five more minutes He said: "The senseless killing of a young, innocent child must outrage all well-thinking Jamaicans, and cause us to join our security forces in an intensified effort to rid our communities of criminals." He later told Channel Four News: "The initial report that I received from the police seems to suggest that this was a reprisal attack for a shooting late last year that was related to the lottery scam." Imani suffers from the blood disorder sickle-cell anaemia and had been given special extended leave from school to go to Jamaica and take advantage of the warmer climate. She was there with her mother, Donna, and other family members but her father, Richard, who had stayed at the family's three-floor home in Tooting, had to be admitted to hospital after collapsing when he heard the news. Police believe the attack was revenge for an earlier shooting connected to £30 million lottery scam. The head teacher of Imani's school last night described her as a "happy, playful and very brave" little girl. Mitchum Brown, Imani's uncle, told The Daily Telegraph the youngster was shot shortly after persuading her mother to let her play a little longer. "I heard that she was playing with some other kids outside the front of the shop then apparently her mum came from shopping, and told her she's to get in," he said. "She said "no mummy give me five more minutes." Her mother said 'OK, five more minutes then get inside'. After that her mum and her daughter [Imani' sister] heard shots fired. When she ran out, Imani was on the ground in a pool of blood and three other family members were shot. I heard that the family member that owned the shop was in a dispute with a guy the day before and they said they were going to come back and do what they were going to do. Imani had been a bridesmaid at Mr Brown's wedding in August last year. Mr Brown said when she was younger, Imani had been quiet and shy but gained confidence after trips to Jamaica with her mother. She went twice a year to help with her sickle cell. She doesn't deserve what happened. She's not even started to live her life. Mr Brown said Imani's father, a building worker, was in hospital and in shock. He was saying Imani was his life. Imani's sister, Janella, who was in Jamaica, said: "We heard gunshots. We ran outside and shouted 'Imani, Imani, Imani'. Imani's grandmother Sandra Fisher told LBC radio: "My two little granddaughters were there and when one came back I said "where is the baby. We went to the shop and I saw a little girl lying down in a pool of blood. I started to cry and everyone was crying and saying " why did they kill the little girl?"." Superintendent Steve Brown, from the Jamaican police, said: "She was not deliberately targeted. She was with family members at the location when the gunmen attacked but she was not the target. He said police did not know who the target of the attack was but that the gunmen had left without stealing anything from the small shop. Witnesses said there were at least two shooters and possibly three. Murder detectives from Kingston, the Jamaican capital, are assisting local police in Duncans, a small town on the island's northern coast. Police described the area as a "very peaceful community" not used to violent crime. "We will do everything we can to find the people responsible and we will leave no stone unturned until justice is served," Supt Brown said. We are confident we will find them. Anne Wilson, head teacher at Fircroft Primary School in Tooting, where Imani was a pupil, said: "Imani was a happy, playful child who was popular with staff and pupils alike. The little girl's body is expected to be flown back to Britain after a post mortem examination in Jamaica. British consular staff were helping the family.