The families of Halton McCollin, Louis Brathwaite and Giuseppe Gregory were each robbed of a much loved son by gun crime on the streets of Manchester.
The killings were linked, and 14 years, two of those families - Halton's and Louis's - still haven't seen anyone brought to justice.
As police make a new appeal for information,the Manchester Evening News looks at the tragic connections between three senseless deaths.
In this, the second in series of special features, M.E.N chief reporter Neal Keeling looks at the murder of Louis Brathwaite. Two days after Halton McCollin died there was another shooting in Manchester.
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