Two teenage girls who were shot dead during a New Year party in a hairdresser’s salon were today named by police.
West Midlands Police said Charlene Ellis, 18, and Latisha Shakespear, 17, both died at the scene outside Uniseven Studios in Birchfield Road, Birmingham, early yesterday.
Charlene’s twin sister Sophie and 17-year-old Cheryl Shaw were both described as stable in hospital after they were hit by the hail of bullets.