19 April 2012
Last updated at 11:06 GMT
Nathaniel Grant, Anthony McCalla and Kazeem Kolawole were trying to shoot a rival gang member
Nathaniel Grant, Kazeem Kolawole and Anthony McCalla were convicted of causing both victims grievous bodily harm with intent and attempted murder of rival gang member Roshaun Bryan.
Grant was told he would serve at least 17 years and Kolawole and McCalla 14.
Judge Martin Stephens QC said the crimes were "of the utmost gravity".
Last month's Old Bailey trial heard the three cycled up to Stockwell Food and Wine and Grant opened fire.
'Miraculously survived' A bullet hit Thusha in the chest and passed through the seventh vertebra of her spine, leaving her paralysed.
Thusha Kamaleswaran was shot in the chest
The court heard the gunmen were trying to shoot Mr Bryan when Thusha and Mr Selvakumar got caught in the crossfire.
The girl, now six, went into cardiac arrest twice in the wake of the shooting and had to undergo emergency surgery both in the shop and at hospital to keep her alive.
She has only recently been discharged from hospital.
Judge Stephens said: "Mr Selvakumar was hit in the head but miraculously survived with a piece of bullet remaining in his head.
"Thusha, who was dancing around with her family in the shop, was hit in the body.
"Only the skill and devotion of the medical teams who became involved saved her life but she remains paralysed below her chest and this condition is permanent.
"This simple but devastating statement of the essential facts of the case illustrate the gravity of these offences, riddled as they are with aggravating factors."
Nathaniel Grant, Anthony McCalla and Kazeem Kolawole were trying to shoot a rival gang member
Three men have been jailed for life for a shooting in a south London shop which left a five-year-old girl paralysed.
Thusha Kamaleswaran was shot in the chest and Roshan Selvakumar, 35, was also shot in Brixton, last March.Nathaniel Grant, Kazeem Kolawole and Anthony McCalla were convicted of causing both victims grievous bodily harm with intent and attempted murder of rival gang member Roshaun Bryan.
Grant was told he would serve at least 17 years and Kolawole and McCalla 14.
Judge Martin Stephens QC said the crimes were "of the utmost gravity".
Last month's Old Bailey trial heard the three cycled up to Stockwell Food and Wine and Grant opened fire.
'Miraculously survived' A bullet hit Thusha in the chest and passed through the seventh vertebra of her spine, leaving her paralysed.
Thusha Kamaleswaran was shot in the chest
The girl, now six, went into cardiac arrest twice in the wake of the shooting and had to undergo emergency surgery both in the shop and at hospital to keep her alive.
She has only recently been discharged from hospital.
Judge Stephens said: "Mr Selvakumar was hit in the head but miraculously survived with a piece of bullet remaining in his head.
"Thusha, who was dancing around with her family in the shop, was hit in the body.
"Only the skill and devotion of the medical teams who became involved saved her life but she remains paralysed below her chest and this condition is permanent.
"This simple but devastating statement of the essential facts of the case illustrate the gravity of these offences, riddled as they are with aggravating factors."
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