At a New Year Party in 2003, two teenage girls were cut down in a hail of machine gun fire. The brutal killings of Latisha Shakespear and Charlene Ellis made world headlines - and brought the Birmingham Gang War to national attention. Investigative journalist Amardeep Bassey was the first to identify the rival gangs and detail their bloody feud. Through dozens of interviews with current and former gang members and law enforcement sources, Bassey pieces together the story of their conflict, the police operations against them, and the emergence of young gangs.
About the book
At a New Year Party in 2003, two teenage girls were cut down in a hail of machine gun fire. The brutal killings of Latisha Shakespear and Charlene Ellis made world headlines - and brought the Birmingham Gang War to national attention. Investigative journalist Amardeep Bassey was the first to identify the rival gangs and detail their bloody feud. Through dozens of interviews with current and former gang members and law enforcement sources, Bassey pieces together the story of their conflict, the police operations against them, and the emergence of young gangs.