Looks like theres alot of background on this one.
Keith Cowell, 52, and his son Matthew, 17, were shot dead at their home in Bishop's Stortford, Herts, on Tuesday.
A 23-year-old woman and a 54-year-old woman were seriously injured in the bloodbath, but a three-year-old girl named Angel miraculously escaped unhurt.
Meanwhile, the third victim was named as Essex villain Tony Dulieu from Billericay.
The Sun can reveal the 33- year-old was freed early from jail on licence two years ago.
He was caged for 12 years in May 1999 for a cowardly nightclub hammer attack. Criminal intelligence sources say he was involved in drug dealing and had links to Asian gangsters.
Matthew’s girlfriend Claire and a visiting aunt were serious but stable in hospital yesterday after being shot and stabbed.
The Cowells’ Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Gorgeous, died after he was shot in the head, said friends.
Relatives of Keith and wife Nicole, known as Nicqui, were still reeling with shock yesterday.
Nicqui’s sister-in-law Sheila Spellane said: “We don’t know the other man killed. We can’t take it in really. They are just a normal family.”
Nicqui, who missed Tuesday’s massacre by ten minutes after leaving for work, identified the bodies of her husband and son — removed yesterday from the family’s £250,000 red-brick semi.
She was being comforted by daughter Charlotte last night.
One man who knew Keith said he was involved in drugs. Asked what type of drugs, he said: “You don’t get your head blown off for a bit of puff.”
The man continued: “Believe me, the world is a better place now he’s gone. He upset a lot of families over the years.”
Senior officers have already said they believe the victims were deliberately targeted. .
One said: “It was definitely a grudge over drugs and money owed. The figure mentioned was £10,000.
“Matty and his dad knew the risks. They often moved house to evade other dealers.
“They were both well-known drug dealers who had a reputation for violence, dealing in cocaine and able to look after themselves.”
Another former friend backed up claims of Keith’s drug dealing. He said: “He was a sleazy, slimy guy. Why was Tony Dulieu there? Because of drugs.”
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007400641,00.html