An alleged gunman told a jury he tried to stay away from the MOB gang, but found it hard because he was their barber.Anwar Muhammad, 22, is alleged to have shot and injured Princeton Burrows, then 19, in a drive-by shooting in his home parish of Sandys on August 23, 2010.Prosecutors allege Mr Muhammad was a member of Somerset-based MOB while Mr Burrows had links to the rival White Hill Crew, which is based elsewhere in Sandys.Mr Muhammad was arrested at his Somerset barber shop in April 2011, on suspicion of carrying out the shooting.He is now on trial at Supreme Court charged with attempted murder and using a firearm to commit attempted murder, both of which he denies.Police gang expert Alexander Rollin told the Supreme Court trial last week that the barber shop was a known hangout for MOB, which is known for crimes including shootings and murders.Yesterday, Mr Muhammad insisted he did not shoot Mr Burrows.When he was interviewed by police following his arrest, he denied being a member of MOB.Asked about that by defence lawyer Marc Daniels, he explained: “I said I was not in a gang. I’m not in a gang; that’s how I consider it.”He said the MOB tattoo he has on his wrist was done at a house party by “some foreign guy” when he was 16.“As I got older, I saw there ain’t nothing good in this (gang) life.“Getting caught up in gangs ain’t going to take you nowhere and I tried to get away from that, but I have still got this tattoo,” he said.Answering further questions from his lawyer, he admitted knowing people who have been shot dead and others who are involved in gang activity.While he denied ever handling a firearm himself, he said friends of his do so to “show off” and “they don’t think nothing of it”.Mr Muhammad said he had no problem with the White Hill Crew.Cross examining the accused man, prosecutor Carrington Mahoney accused him of lying.“You are a gang member,” suggested Mr Mahoney. The defendant replied: “No, I don’t consider myself a gang member.“I tried to get away from that but every time I try to get away from it, it’s back to square one, and the way people put it, it makes me look like a gang member.”He said he stopped hanging out with MOB members around 2009, although he continued to cut their hair.Mr Mahoney then pointed out that he was at the Charing Cross Tavern, a known MOB hangout in Sandys, in July 2010 when gang member Marico Bassett shot Randy Lightbourne there.“Immediately after he was shot, you and all the other MOB guys got on your bikes and left,” said the prosecutor, saying this was caught on CCTV.He suggested the MOB members then relocated across the road to the vicinity of his barbershop.The defendant agreed, but insisted: “I was just getting a drink that day,” adding: “I do associate with them, due to the fact I’m their barber”.When Mr Mahoney confronted him with photographs of him wearing MOB jewellery and making gang and gun signals with his hands, Mr Muhammad said he was just trying on friends’ jewellery and the signals were “a pose”.He admitted there was also photo on his phone of a mocked-up road sign featuring a picture of a gun that said: “Can you run 850 feet per second? If not, your head better be bulletproof”.Mr Mahoney suggested: “You have got a little fascination with guns?”Mr Muhammad responded: “It’s not a fascination. I just sometimes posed”.He said of the gun signals he was pictured making with his hands: “I never thought it was incriminating”.The case continues.