A VIDEO game-obsessed teen who shot his pal before claiming he would "probably kill again" has today been unmasked as he was caged for 24 years.

       Baby-faced Jacob Talbot-Lummis, 16, lay in wait for the victim, 15, as he walked to school before "calmly" blasting him in the face with a shotgun from less than 5ft away.

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       Jacob Talbot-Lummis was today caged for 24 years Credit: Suffolk Constabulary 8

       The shooter was today unmasked for the first time 8

       The teen is dramatically arrested by gun cops

       He then jumped in his dad's car, which he stole, and fled the scene in Kesgrave, near Ipswich, as his pal lay critically injured in a pool of blood.

       The victim was left with "devastating and life-changing" injuries and is "partially paralysed" from the horror on September 7 last year.

       As his mum repeatedly screamed "what have you done?" at the gun fanatic, he showed her the double-barrelled shotgun with a "smug and righteous" look on his face.

       After he was finally arrested two hours later, he chillingly told officers: "I've done what I wanted to do, as scummy as it is."

       The teen, who can now legally be named, was today jailed for 24 years with a further five years on licence after being convicted of attempted murder.

       His victim's mum wept during the sentencing hearing as the court heard how Talbot-Lummis "ruthlessly executed" his "savage plan".

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       It also emerged he had been playing macabre virtual reality game "Blood Trail" just hours before the brutal shooting.

       The game - described by makers as the "most violent game in VR" - centres around a contract killer massacring a cult using an arsenal of weapons.

       Sentencing, Judge Martyn Levett said: "The manner in which you planned and committed these offences shows me you are a dangerous offender.

       “You had an obsession with all types of lethal firearms and were entrenched in watching violent video games online.”

       “It was a premeditated shooting and there was an intention to kill. It was not unthinking or impulsive behaviour."

       CHILLING REMARKS

       At a previous hearing, the court was told Talbot-Lummis made a string of harrowing remarks while playing Jenga at a secure unit after the attack.

       When asked what he would do if he left the unit, the boy replied: "Probably kill again."

       He then revealed he didn't know if the victim - his friend since primary school - was dead before a worker shut down the conversation.

       In another discussion, the defendant was asked what he would like to do "later in life".

       He chillingly replied: "I will probably be inside until I'm 40 and I would like to be famous for chemical warfare."

       The brave victim spoke out previously as it was revealed he suffered "unimaginably serious injuries", still has flashbacks and continues to be "reliant on his family".

       He said: "He also watched the world suffer through a pandemic and obviously he was so inconsiderate and lacked so much empathy and compassion he then tried to kidnap and murder me on my own street."

       The boy also revealed how his dream career had been ruined as a result of the horror.

       'BREAKS MY HEART'

       The boy said: "My mental health has suffered greatly due to the trauma he caused me on the day and the subsequent dramatic hospital experiences I have had to endure as a direct result of his actions…

       "He [the shooter] has ruined my career aspirations - I always worked hard and wanted to be able to get a job in which I could help others.

       "I no longer see this as a realistic option. A job such as a physiotherapist or member of the emergency services.

       "I had always dreamed of having a job like that ever since I learned about my grandfather being a fire captain and hearing stories of heroism and bravery in the face of adversity.

       "Unfortunately due to my extensive injuries I am no longer going to be able to do this which breaks my heart."

       His dad also read a statement where he described seeing his son on the ground bleeding "missing half his face".

       He added: "I genuinely believed there was no chance of survival.

       "This image and the moments until the ambulance arrived will haunt me forever."

       'FULL OF HATRED'

       The boy's mum slammed the defendant as "evil, full of hatred" and said "our world was shattered" by the attack.

       The court was told how the boy hatched the gruesome plot around a year before the shooting on September 7 last year.

       On the day the schools reopened after lockdown, he "set out to kill" the boy after being subjected to a "low level" of bullying.

       The game-obsessed teen then took his grandfather’s double-barrelled shotgun and drove to a quiet cul-de-sac in his dad's car.

       He lay in wait for more than hour before greeting him with the words "Hola amigo" - the Spanish for "Hi friend" - as he grabbed the weapon.

       The victim recalled hearing a bang as he was blasted in the side of the face and saw the gunman standing nearby looking “calm and collected and not bothered”.

       HORROR SHOOTING

       Horrified witnesses revealed how he stood watching the carnage with “no sense of urgency” and “appeared to have all day”.

       The victim's heartbroken family rushed to the scene and desperately tried to administer first aid.

       Meanwhile, the shooter put the firearm in the boot of the car and drove away in a “deliberate and non urgent” manner.

       Police rounded on him two hours later and had to smash the window to get the "smiling" teenager out.

       He told officers the arrest was "exciting" as armed cops bundled him into a police car.

       The victim was rushed to hospital with a gunshot wound "extended across his lower right face and the right front area of his neck".

       Medics said "the bone and teeth of his right jaw were largely absent" and he suffered some brain damage and still requires treatment.

       Giving evidence, the defendant claimed the victim had subjected him to years of “humiliation and fear” and said he had planned to kidnap him and threaten him with a gun to teach him a lesson.

       He claimed he wanted his pal to get in the car but when he refused, he "panicked" and became "very stressed".

       GRIM FANTASIES

       The boy claimed he couldn’t say exactly how the trigger came to be pulled and said he was surprised when the gun went off.

       One friend told the court how the defendant told him around a year before the horror he wanted to shoot someone but he dismissed it as a fantasy.

       He had practised shooting a BB gun at targets in his bedroom and on one occasion had shot him in the chest.

       Talbot-Lummis was said to have become "increasingly withdrawn and isolated and unhappy".

       The court was also told he had been playing "very, very violent" video games since the age of nine before the "fantasies became an awful reality".

       He was convicted of attempted murder and of possession of a shotgun with intent to endanger the boy's life after a trial.

       The teen was jailed for 12 years to run concurrently on the second charge of possession of a firearm.

       Talbot-Lummis was previously cleared found not guilty of possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence to a man who witnessed the shooting.

       Detective Superintendent David Henderson, the Senior Investigating Officer, said: "This was a truly shocking incident, the like of which I have never encountered before - particularly due to the age of the parties involved.

       "The victim has suffered lifelong injuries as a result of this attack, which has been devastating for him and his family - some of whom had the additional trauma of going to his aid immediately after the shooting occurred.

       "The guilty verdicts today may provide justice for the victim and his family, but this is just the beginning of a very long journey for them all.

       "The victim had everything to look forward to in life that a teenager should have, but this attack has certainly robbed him of the remainder of his childhood and will likely impact on him well into his adult life."

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       He had stolen the double-barrelled shotgun from his granddad Credit: Suffolk Police 8

       Talbot-Lummis was obsessed with the Blood Trail video game 8

       The 15-year-old was blasted in the face as he walked to school in Kesgrave Credit: PA 8

       Armed police on the scene of the shooting last year Credit: SWNS 8

       The victim was left with life-changing injuries Credit: PA