Catching a Killer: A Bullet Through The Window
In the early hours of the morning, teenager Suhaib is shot dead when a bullet is fired through an open window in a quiet suburban street.
With the suspect at large and a live firearm missing, time is of the essence to track down the killer. But is there more than meets the eye?
This cutting-edge film following Thames Valley Police gives a rare insight into a complex murder case as top detectives struggle to find out the truth.
As a family mourns their teenage boy lost to the fringes of the drugs world, Catching a Killer: A Bullet Through the Windowdelves into the turmoil, challenges and tragedy behind the headlines of a crime often overlooked.
About the film-maker
Erica Gornall produced and directed Catching a Killer: The Second Suspect. She is a BAFTA and Orwell prize nominee, having previously produced and filmed ‘Behind Closed Doors’ with Anna Hall. Erica has spent the last two years filming and producing the first two Catching a Killer films. This is her directorial debut.
She has a long and established track record in documentary, having previously filmed and worked on Breadline Kids and Looking After Mum.
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Links to Charities & Support
BEREAVEMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
Grief Encounters
https://www.griefencounter.org.uk
020 8371 8455
Grief is not an easy subject to talk about or deal with internally. At Grief Encounter, alongside our personal support, you will have access to resources that can help you communicate how and what you are feeling, and coping with your loss. Contact: support@griefencounter.org.uk.
Child Bereavement UK
https://childbereavementuk.org/get-in-touch/
0800 02 888 40
Child Bereavement UK supports families and educates professionals when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying, or when a child is facing bereavement. Every year we train more than 8000 professionals, helping them to better understand and meet the needs of grieving families.
Cruse Bereavement Care
0808 808 1677
Cruse Bereavement Care a leading national charity for bereaved people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We offer support, advice and information to children, young people and adults when someone dies and work to enhance society’s care of bereaved people.
Victim Support
https://www.victimsupport.org.uk
08 08 16 89 111
Victim Support (VS) is the independent charity for people affected by crime and traumatic events in England and Wales. Our specialist teams provide individual, independent, emotional and practical help to enable people to cope and recover from the effects of crime.
We’re not part of the police, the courts or any other criminal justice agency. Our services are free and available to everyone, whether or not the crime has been reported and regardless of when it happened.
CHARITIES SUPPORTING VULNERABLE YOUNG PEOPLE
Safe Project
01865 582 495
If you are 8 to 25 years old, live in the Thames Valley and have been hurt by crime, SAFE! can offer you support. We believe that you have a right to feel safe at home, in school, work or college, in your street and in town.
Crime Stoppers – Reporting Illegal Guns
https://crimestoppers-uk.org/give-information/repo...
Anyone can be a victim of gun crime. Help protect your family, your friends and your community - help us get #GunsOffOurStreets. If you have any information about illegal guns please report it here.
Any information you provide is completely anonymous. You won’t need to go to court or provide a witness statement. We don’t need your name and your contact details will not be passed to the police.
Stand Against Violence
https://standagainstviolence.co.uk
0300 456 4223
Stand Against Violence works with young people up to the age of 25 years and their associates to prevent violence. Our work to date has received overwhelmingly positive feedback reporting reductions in violence, fighting and improved attitudes towards violence.
We deliver violence prevention workshops and talks to education establishments, businesses, and the Community. The workshops and talks focus on personal safety; anger and aggression; basic life support and the awareness of choices and consequences. These workshops are ideal for PSHE, safeguarding and safety awareness education.
Move For Life
Move For Life has been set up to deliver positive strategies in order to combat anti-social behaviour in Britain's young people, above all, to fight knife and gun crime. The website has links to many charities supporting young people in London here: http://www.moveforlife.co.uk/charities
Red Thread
0203 744 6888
Our Youth Violence Intervention Programme runs in hospital emergency departments in partnership with the major trauma network. There, our innovative service aims to reduce serious youth violence, and has revolutionised the support available to young victims of violence
Growing Against Violence
http://growingagainstviolence.org.uk/
Since its inception in 2008, Growing Against Violence has grown from a small pilot programme delivering gangs resistance education and training to young people in Lambeth schools to what is now the largest serious violence prevention initiative of its kind in the UK.
RUNTIME:
62 Minutes
PRODUCER:
Tom Read, Katie Rice, Jess Stevenson
DIRECTOR:
Erica Gornall
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER:
Anna Hall
Jezza Neumann
Brian Woods
RELEASED:
2017
Reviews
"Catching a Killer: A Bullet Through the Window was a gripping insight into murder, drugs and bias: review"
The Telegraph
"Programmes such as Catching a Killer have to strike a balance between challenging viewers’ perceptions and rewarding their prurience."
The Guardian Review
"Filmed from the panicked 999 calls through to the courts of justice, this compelling documentary uses police footage to follow the investigating detectives and the resulting convictions. Excellent."
The Observer, Pick of the Day
"The most striking thing about Catching a Killer…is the level of access involved…. As always though, it is the testimony of the victims family which lingers the longest."
The Daily Telegraph