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Caught in the crossfire of a deadly vendetta: The murder of Louis Brathwaite
13.02.2022 - 22:55 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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.
Halton's killers may have got the wrong man - but that did not stop an almost immediate desire for revenge from associates of the real target.
On January 24, 2008, a gunman shooting from a car opened fire on a group of three men outside William Hill's bookmakers on Mauldeth Road West, Withington. No one was injured despite three shots being fired.
The gunmen arrived in a dark coloured VW Golf which has never been traced.
One of the three in the group who were shot at, and a potential target, was a young man from the nearby Fallowfield estate called Hiruy Zerihun.
Five days later, on the evening of January 29, the same bookies was again targeted by a gun gang.
A black Volkswagen Golf pulled up outside with three men onboard at about 8.40pm. It was on false number plates - WG07 YXY.
Two got out, one held open the door of the bookmakers, while the other fired five home-made bullets from a Magnum revolver into the shop.
The attack caused panic. CCTV captured customers running for cover, and the smoke from the shots.
Inside the premises Louis Brathwaite, aged 16, had been playing the slot machines for about 30
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