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Radio WM,5 mins
'Even now, it still doesn't feel real. How could someone do this?' New Years shootings in Aston 20 years on
Rakeem OmarAvailable for over a year
We've shared some really powerful stories with you of some of the people affected by the New Years shootings in Aston. Including hearing for the first time - from one of the survivors. Its now been 20 years since two teenage girls were killed in a drive-by shooting Innocent victims - murdered as two rival gangs in the city fought out a turf war. Seventeen-year-old Letisha Shakespeare and Charlene Ellis, who was eighteen, were killed as they were leaving a New Years party. Charlene's twin sister Sophie and their cousin Cheryl Shaw were also shot and injured - but they survived. We take a look back at what happened that night...
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