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 a bloody 14 month period on the streets of Manchester, three young men were murdered by gunmen.
A tragic chain links each of the killings. Each victim was not the intended target. Each victim was shot in error - simply because they were at the wrong place at the wrong time.
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