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 third piece in a series of special features, the M.E.N's chief reporter Neal Keeling looks back at the murder of star pupil Giuseppe. After being shot in a tit-for-tat attack at the William Hill bookmakers in Withington, Louis Brathwaite seemed to be improving.
Many visitors came to his hospital bed, and were reassured that their friend would pull through. At the same time, rumours were buzzing about who had shot him.
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