Background & context

• Avril Johnson, known as Miss Irie, reportedly a DJ aged 30.

• She and her husband, Kirk Johnson, were targeted by gang violence reportedly with Jamaican gang links.

  
  

Incident & key events

• Johnson was shot in the head by gang members; her husband escaped by “playing dead”. Two children present were forced under a mattress during the shooting.

  
  

Investigations / contradictions

• Reports suggested the attack was gang-motivated; the husband was intended target.

• It’s unclear whether the full details of motive or conspirators were ever proven publicly. (No further detailed public record found in my search)

  
  

Outcome

• Avril Johnson died from her injuries. The assailants (unnamed in the reporting I found) were linked to a gang.

  
  

Aftermath

• The case was reported in tabloids and crime media, but relatively little in-depth modern coverage.

• It’s sometimes cited in local crime narratives of London and gang violence in the 1990s.