Hitmen boasted about shooting rival in the head with sawn-off shotgun in chilling TikTok gangster rap

Two wannabe gangsters boasted about a shooting while miming to gangster rap music in a chilling video filmed as they fled in their getaway vehicle. The video was recorded and uploaded to social media site TikTok after John McCann, 35, and Anton Brannigan, 30, had blasted Robert “Boab” Spence in the head with a sawn-off shotgun in what a court heard was a “planned assassination attempt." The pair targeted Spence as he sat in a van outside a shop in Glasgow last year. Gary Milne, who was sitting beside Mr Spence after buying food early in the morning, was also hit by pellets. Afterwards, McCann and Brannigan filmed themselves making gun gestures while listening to rap as they fled to England.

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McCann, who was driving, was still wearing black gloves worn during the shooting which happened on January 12, 2021. He also looked into the camera and said: “Bang, bang, where is your crew?” as their stereo blared reports the Daily Record. Brannigan ended the video, which lasted just over a minute, by drawing his finger across his throat.

The duo tried to deny knowing their victims during an eight-day trial at the High Court in Glasgow. But they were convicted by a jury and jailed on Tuesday for the attempted murders of Spence and Milne.

“Brannigan made the video and sent it to a few of his mates. His pals then forwarded it on and within a couple of hours it had been seen by hundreds of people" a source said.

“He seemed really pleased with what they had done. They must look back and realise that making that video was a really stupid thing to do.”

“Brannigan sticks his tongue out and makes a gun symbol five times then runs his