Published SUNDAY, December 31, 2023: 'GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC 2023' Pictures and Text by 4 time Pulitzer Prize winning ZUMA Press photographer CAROL GUZY: 'GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC 2023' A mother wails, 'My baby, my baby!' as she tucks her son in for the final time and the coffin closes. Tamika Linbrith's pain is primal and unrelenting during the funeral for Kylis Fagbemi, 20 one of the victims of a mass shooting at a Brooklyn Homes block party in Baltimore MD in what has become an epidemic of gun violence in the U.S. Historically underserved communities and racial inequities contribute to a culture of gun violence with a disproportionate number of African Americans dead or incarcerated. It leads to a loss of hope that kills as much as any bullet. According to the Gun Violence Archive, to date there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide, which doesn't include individual street incidents that occur daily in cities like DC and Baltimore. Total number of deaths by guns is 33, 886. Teens killed 1,378 and 295 children under 12. As policy-makers debate gun control especially concerning assault weapons, the body count increases with innocents caught in the crossfire. American society is becoming desensitized to a literal war zone in our backyards begging the question: Is the nation accepting this as a tragic new normal ? Welcome to zReportage Story #921 Published December 31, 2023: 'GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC 2023' Images and Text by Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire Service
© zReportage.com Issue #921 Story of the Week: Published SUNDAY, December 31, 2023: 'GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC 2023' Pictures and Text by 4 time Pulitzer Prize winning ZUMA Press photographer CAROL GUZY: 'GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC 2023' A mother wails, 'My baby, my baby!' as she tucks her son in for the final time and the coffin closes. Tamika Linbrith's pain is primal and unrelenting during the funeral for Kylis Fagbemi, 20 one of the victims of a mass shooting at a Brooklyn Homes block party in Baltimore MD in what has become an epidemic of gun violence in the U.S. Historically underserved communities and racial inequities contribute to a culture of gun violence with a disproportionate number of African Americans dead or incarcerated. It leads to a loss of hope that kills as much as any bullet. According to the Gun Violence Archive, to date there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide, which doesn't include individual street incidents that occur daily in cities like DC and Baltimore. Total number of deaths by guns is 33, 886. Teens killed 1,378 and 295 children under 12. As policy-makers debate gun control especially concerning assault weapons, the body count increases with innocents caught in the crossfire. American society is becoming desensitized to a literal war zone in our backyards begging the question: Is the nation accepting this as a tragic new normal ? Welcome to zReportage Story #921 Published December 31, 2023: 'GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC 2023' Images and Text by Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire Service

July 2, 2023, Brooklyn Homes Mass Shooting, 2 Dead, 28 Wounded in Baltimore MD...A mother wails, ''My baby, my baby!'' as she tucks her son in for the final time and the coffin closes. Tamika Linbrith’s pain is primal and unrelenting during the funeral for Kylis Fagbemi, 20 one of the victims of a mass shooting at a Brooklyn Homes block party in Baltimore MD in what has become an epidemic of gun violence in the U.S. ‘He was my protector, my heart,’ wept Tamika. ‘I shouldn’t have to bury my child.’..Police, pastors and violence interrupters converge on a crime scene that left 2 dead and 28 wounded, including 15 minors. It became the worst mass shooting in Baltimore’s history. ..Family described Kylis as a funny young man with a bright future. He dreamt of becoming a traveling ultrasound technician and had just signed up for a certification course. Nicknamed Mooka, he loved motorcycles, math, music, girls, and his dogs. He was dedicated to his mother. ‘He was my protector, my heart,’ wept Tamika. ‘I’m not going to have the opportunity to watch my son get married, buy his first car, buy his first house’..To lose a child is like a heart ripped from the chest - the hardest and most unnatural loss. That awful phone call in the middle of the night. Remembering their last words...Too often it is young people doing the shooting - and doing the dying. In record numbers. Historically underserved communities and racial inequities contribute to a culture of gun violence with a disproportionate number of African Americans dead or incarcerated. Counselors talk about a higher proportion of emotional trauma that perpetually injures the soul. It leads to a loss of hope that kills as much as any bullet. ..Safe Streets holds community peace walks with ‘Stop Shooting, Start Living'' as their mantra. People rage about justice, but witnesses are fearful of retaliation and seldom cooperate with investigations. Resident Audrey Green prayed for her neighborhood. ‘We traumatized down this part. Everyone is barricaded in their homes. ‘We are the forgotten ones of Baltimore,’ she declared...According to the Gun Violence Archive, to date there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide, which doesn’t include individual street incidents that occur daily in cities like DC and Baltimore. Total number of deaths by guns is 33, 886. Teens killed 1,378 and 295 children under 12...Homicides in the nation’s capital surpassed 200 recently, up 35 percent from last year. As policy-makers debate gun control especially concerning assault weapons – the body count increases with innocents caught in the crossfire...American society is becoming desensitized to a literal war zone in our backyards begging the question: Is the nation accepting this as a tragic new normal? Kids grow up seeing police tape and bodies, forensics experts, shell casing markers and bereaved mothers wailing at crime scenes...As policy-makers debate gun control with stiffer laws and penalties especially concerning assault rifles – the body count increases with innocents caught in the crossfire and families ripped apart by the aftershocks.
© Kylis Fagmemi, age 20.Shot: July 2, 2023, Brooklyn Homes Mass Shooting, 2 Dead, 28 Wounded in Baltimore MD...A mother wails, ''My baby, my baby!'' as she tucks her son in for the final time and the coffin closes. Tamika Linbrith’s pain is primal and unrelenting during the funeral for Kylis Fagbemi, 20 one of the victims of a mass shooting at a Brooklyn Homes block party in Baltimore MD in what has become an epidemic of gun violence in the U.S. ‘He was my protector, my heart,’ wept Tamika. ‘I shouldn’t have to bury my child.’..Police, pastors and violence interrupters converge on a crime scene that left 2 dead and 28 wounded, including 15 minors. It became the worst mass shooting in Baltimore’s history. ..Family described Kylis as a funny young man with a bright future. He dreamt of becoming a traveling ultrasound technician and had just signed up for a certification course. Nicknamed Mooka, he loved motorcycles, math, music, girls, and his dogs. He was dedicated to his mother. ‘He was my protector, my heart,’ wept Tamika. ‘I’m not going to have the opportunity to watch my son get married, buy his first car, buy his first house’..To lose a child is like a heart ripped from the chest - the hardest and most unnatural loss. That awful phone call in the middle of the night. Remembering their last words...Too often it is young people doing the shooting - and doing the dying. In record numbers. Historically underserved communities and racial inequities contribute to a culture of gun violence with a disproportionate number of African Americans dead or incarcerated. Counselors talk about a higher proportion of emotional trauma that perpetually injures the soul. It leads to a loss of hope that kills as much as any bullet. ..Safe Streets holds community peace walks with ‘Stop Shooting, Start Living'' as their mantra. People rage about justice, but witnesses are fearful of retaliation and seldom cooperate with investigations. Resident Audrey Green prayed for her neighborhood. ‘We traumatized down this part. Everyone is barricaded in their homes. ‘We are the forgotten ones of Baltimore,’ she declared...According to the Gun Violence Archive, to date there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide, which doesn’t include individual street incidents that occur daily in cities like DC and Baltimore. Total number of deaths by guns is 33, 886. Teens killed 1,378 and 295 children under 12...Homicides in the nation’s capital surpassed 200 recently, up 35 percent from last year. As policy-makers debate gun control especially concerning assault weapons – the body count increases with innocents caught in the crossfire...American society is becoming desensitized to a literal war zone in our backyards begging the question: Is the nation accepting this as a tragic new normal? Kids grow up seeing police tape and bodies, forensics experts, shell casing markers and bereaved mothers wailing at crime scenes...As policy-makers debate gun control with stiffer laws and penalties especially concerning assault rifles – the body count increases with innocents caught in the crossfire and families ripped apart by the aftershocks.

Parishioners from Kingdom Life Church pray with representatives of the Safe Streets program after a mass shooting during a block party at the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore. Two people were killed and 28 wounded, including 15 minors in an escalating epidemic of gun violence. The annual block party became the worst mass shooting in Baltimore's history. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been 543 mass shooting alone in the U.S. through October this year which does not include individual street incidents that occur daily in cities like DC and Baltimore. The total number of deaths by guns is 33, 886. Number of teens (12-17) killed 1,130 and injured 3,166. Children (0-11) killed 236 and injured 531.
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Police and forensics investigators converge at the crime scene after a mass shooting during a block party around midnight at the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore. The neighborhood felt like a ghost town with residents fearful of retaliation. Audrey Green prayed for her neighborhood after helping victims wounded in the chaos. 'We traumatized down this part. Everyone is barricaded in their homes. 'We are the forgotten ones of Baltimore,' she declared.
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Police hand out flyers offering a reward for the killers of Aaliyah Gonzalez, 18, and Kylis Fagbemi, 20 as residents deal with aftermath of a mass shooting at the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore. Too often it is young people doing the shooting - and doing the dying - in record numbers. So far there have been arrests of five teens for this mass shooting, including a 15-year old charged with attempted first-degree murder. A 17-year old was apprehended after a video surfaced showing off what appeared to be an assault weapon at the event. According to his mother Tamika Linbrith, ''Kylis was a funny kid who had a personality and smile that can light up a room. His laugh was unique. Kylis used to be a math tutor and he loved technology. Kylis was a very intelligent kid. He loved to work and take care of me.'' Victim Aaliyah Gonzalez was an honor student, artist and beloved daughter. At a Baltimore Council meeting Her mother Krystal Gonzalez brought everyone to tears with stirring testimony of a mother's raw grief. 'I challenge you', she demanded. 'What is your normal?'' Let them take each other out? Is that your normal? The council heard wails of agony as she played a video captured the night she saw her daughter's body laying of the cold concrete steps of Gretna Court. Before her daughter left that night for the party, she said, 'Mom, I love you and I'll see you later.' Later never came.
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Rev. SHAWN FREEMAN speaks as 'We Our Us' Movement members hold a prayer service after a community walk in support of residents dealing with aftermath of a mass shooting at the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore. On left is Erika Walker whose 21-year-old nephew was wounded and is still in the hospital in critical condition. People rage about justice, but witnesses are fearful of retaliation and seldom cooperate with police investigations. A reward has risen to $88,000.
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Bullets and shell casings are scattered around a large crime scene after a mass shooting during a block party at the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore. Two people were killed and 28 wounded in the 338th U.S. mass shooting this year.
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KAVON LEWIS is recovering from gunshot wounds and a collapsed lung and tends to his bandages at a repast for his cousin, Kylis Fagbemi, 20-year-old victim of a mass shooting at a block party in the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood in Baltimore. 'It was straight horror for real - the bullet was two inches away from my heart,' he said. Shell casings from more than twelve guns were found. 'We were always together, my best friend.' They went for a snow cone that fateful night and were gunned down, together. Kavon's mother rushed to the scene after a frantic phone call as police tried to stop the bleeding. 'Picture talking to your child on FaceTime laying in the street.' They want to find the police officer with gratitude for saving his life. In a body video released by BPD are his mom's terrified screams, 'No! No, No, No. He's not breathing!' The officer was heard saying, 'I need you to fight, come on Bro, God, please let him live.'
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Residents watch as police invesitgate after a mass shooting during a block party at the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore. Two people were killed and 28 wounded in the 338th U.S. mass shooting this year.
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Medical gloves are left after a mass shooting during a block party at the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore. Two people were killed and 28 wounded in the 338th U.S. mass shooting this year.
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KRYSTAL GONZALEZ, mother of 18-year-old Aaliyah Gonzalez who was killed in a mass shooting during a block party at the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood, weeps as she hugs her other daughter near the spot where her daughter died. A victims advocate had given her the address to meet, but she didn't realize it was the site of her daughter's murder and couldn't walk down this block to the steps where she was slain. The next day after making funeral arrangements she said it was the first time she saw Aaliyah since the shooting. 'I held her face to mine, and it was so cold,' she wept with the primal pain of a mother's loss. Two people were killed and 28 wounded, 14 of them minors. There have been 340 U.S. mass shootings this year so far according to the Gun Violence Archive.
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Parishioners from Kingdom Life Church pray with residents after a mass shooting during a block party at the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore. Two people were killed and 28 wounded in the 338th U.S. mass shooting this year.
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Parishioners from Kingdom Life Church pray with residents hoping faith will help heal a broken city after a mass shooting at the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore. Historically underserved communities and racial inequities contribute to a culture of gun violence with a disproportionate number of African Americans dead or incarcerated. In predominantly white affluent neighborhoods, lethal carnage tends to be more of a rarity. Here it has become a way of life according to discouraged residents and outreach workers.
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Parishioners from Kingdom Life Church pray with residents after a mass shooting during a block party at the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore. Two people were killed and 28 wounded in the 338th U.S. mass shooting this year.
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'We Our Us' Movement members hold a prayer service after a community walk in support of residents dealing with aftermath of a mass shooting during a block party at the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore. Two people were killed and 28 wounded. There have been 340 U.S. mass shootings this year so far according to the Gun Violence Archive. Historically underserved communities and racial inequities contribute to a culture of gun violence with a disproportionate number of African-Americans dead or incarcerated. In predominantly white affluent neighborhoods, lethal carnage tends to be a rarity. Here it has become a way of life.
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People listen as Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott holds a press conference after a mass shooting during a block party at the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore. Baltimore deploys it's Peace Mobile for community outreach as mental health providers offer counseling for PTSD and grief to help residents heal. Counselors talk about a higher proportion of emotional trauma that blacks deal with due to poverty and racial injustice that perpetually injures the soul. It leads to a loss of hope that kills as much as any bullet and leads to a cycle of violence. Baltimore recorded 24 homicides and 60 non-fatal shootings so far. Safe Streets holds community Peace walks with 'Stop Shooting, Start Living'' as their mantra.
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'We Our Us' Movement members and Safe Streets hold a community walk in support of residents dealing with aftermath of a mass shooting during a block party at the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore. Two people were killed and 28 wounded. There have been 340 U.S. mass shootings this year so far according to the Gun Violence Archive. Historically underserved communities and racial inequities contribute to a culture of gun violence with a disproportionate number of African-Americans dead or incarcerated. In predominantly white affluent neighborhoods, lethal carnage tends to be a rarity. Here it has become a way of life.
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

'We Our Us' Movement members and Safe Streets hold a community walk in support of residents dealing with aftermath of a mass shooting during a block party at the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore. Two people were killed and 28 wounded. There have been 340 U.S. mass shootings this year so far according to the Gun Violence Archive. Historically underserved communities and racial inequities contribute to a culture of gun violence with a disproportionate number of African-Americans dead or incarcerated. In predominantly white affluent neighborhoods, lethal carnage tends to be a rarity. Here it has become a way of life.
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Police and the Mayor's office Safe Streets members walk past stolen cars that were trashed as they hold a community walk in support of residents dealing with aftermath of a mass shooting during a block party at the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore. Two people were killed and 28 wounded. There have been 340 U.S. mass shootings this year so far according to the Gun Violence Archive. Historically underserved communities and racial inequities contribute to a culture of gun violence with a disproportionate number of African-Americans dead or incarcerated. In predominantly white affluent neighborhoods, lethal carnage tends to be a rarity. Here it has become a way of life.
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A boy runs by a sign after 'We Our Us' Movement members and Safe Streets held a community walk in support of residents dealing with aftermath of a mass shooting during a block party at the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore. Two people were killed and 28 wounded. There have been 340 U.S. mass shootings this year so far according to the Gun Violence Archive. Historically underserved communities and racial inequities contribute to a culture of gun violence with a disproportionate number of African-Americans dead or incarcerated. In predominantly white affluent neighborhoods, lethal carnage tends to be a rarity. Here it has become a way of life.
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JAYDEN THRASHER, 9 years old, plays with police officers as residents deal with aftermath of a mass shooting during a block party at the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore. He had been at the block party but was already at the home of a friend when shooting began and he saw people running, saying it was very scary. He wants to be a policeman when he grows up. Two people were killed and 28 wounded, 14 of them minors. There have been 340 U.S. mass shootings this year so far according to the Gun Violence Archive.
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Pastor EBONY HARVIN (center) prays at a food giveaway in support of residents dealing with aftermath of a mass shooting during a block party at the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore. Two people were killed and 28 wounded. There have been 340 U.S. mass shootings this year so far according to the Gun Violence Archive.
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Pastor EBONY HARVIN (right) in an emotional embrace with SHERYL MENENDEZ as 'We Our Us' Movement members hold a prayer service after a community walk in support of residents dealing with aftermath of a mass shooting during a block party at the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood. Two people were killed and 28 wounded. There have been 340 U.S. mass shootings this year so far according to the Gun Violence Archive.
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A rainbow appears over after a mass shooting during a block party at the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore. Two people were killed and 28 wounded in the 338th U.S. mass shooting this year.
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ASHLEY GARNER, 19 had recently started dating Kylis Fagbemi, 20-year-old victim of a mass shooting in the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood, as family and friends hold a vigil on the block where he grew up in Baltimore. She brought balloons and later lit a lantern in his memory near distressed buildings with boarded up windows that are common in Baltimore. She heard he was shot after he didn't show up at her home for a date that fateful day.
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TAMIKA LINBRITH, mother of Kylis Fagbemi, 20-year-old victim of a mass shooting in the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood, holds a vigil with loved ones for her son on the block where he grew up in Baltimore. Linbrith told the crowd she will never be able to watch her son marry or buy a car. 'I shouldn't have to bury my child. Y'all really need to take heed and listen. If it keeps on like this, we're not going to have a future at all for none of our kids.'
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''How many more?'' pleaded TIBA ALDRIDGE, a preacher and community leader who has a mortuary transport service as he speaks at the vigil of Kylis Fagbemi, 20-year-old victim of a mass shooting at a block party in the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood, on the block where he grew up. ''In my hand is a body bag. How many more?'' he repeated for emphasis. Two people were killed last Sunday at Brooklyn Homes and 28 injured, 14 of them minors. In an escalating epidemic of gun violence, there have been 373 U.S. mass shootings this year so far according to the Gun Violence Archive.
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Loved ones raise their fists as they attend a vigil for Kylis Fagbemi, 20-year-old victim of a mass shooting at a block party in the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood, on the block where he grew up in Baltimore. ''How many more?'' pleaded TIBA ALDRIDGE, (center) a preacher and community leader who has a mortuary transport service.
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Loved ones release lanterns during a vigil for Kylis Fagbemi, 20-year-old victim of a mass shooting in the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood, on the block where he grew up in Baltimore. While holding back tears, his Mother Tamika Linbrith ended with, 'I don't know what else to say at this point. Let's light these lanterns, let them go and I'll just go on.
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'How many more?'' pleaded TIBA ALDRIDGE, a preacher and community leader who has a mortuary transport service as he holds a prayer at a vigil for Kylis Fagbemi, 20-year-old victim of a mass shooting at a block party in the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood, on the block where he grew up in Baltimore. Two people were killed last Sunday at Brooklyn Homes and 28 injured, 14 of them minors. In an escalating epidemic of gun violence, there have been 373 U.S. mass shootings this year so far according to the Gun Violence Archive.
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

Loved ones attend a vigil for Kylis Fagbemi, 20-year-old victim of a mass shooting at a block party in the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood, on the block where he grew up in Baltimore. Mother Tamika Linbrith told the crowd she will never be able to watch her son marry or buy a car. 'I shouldn't have to bury my child. Y'all really need to take heed and listen. If it keeps on like this, we're not going to have a future at all for none of our kids.' While holding back tears, she ended with, 'I don't know what else to say at this point. Let's light these lanterns, let them go and I'll just go on.' Two people were killed last Sunday at Brooklyn Homes and 28 injured, 14 of them minors. In an escalating epidemic of gun violence, there have been 373 U.S. mass shootings this year so far according to the Gun Violence Archive.
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KAVON LEWIS embraces his mother as he recovs from gunshot wounds and a collapsed lung at a repast for his cousin, Kylis Fagbemi, 20-year-old victim of a mass shooting at a block party in the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood in Baltimore. 'It was straight horror for real - the bullet was two inches away from my heart,' he said. Shell casings from more than twelve guns were found. 'We were always together, my best friend.' They went for a snow cone that fateful night and were gunned down, together. Kavon's mother rushed to the scene after a frantic phone call as police tried to stop the bleeding. 'Picture talking to your child on facetime laying in the street.' They want to find the police officer with gratitude for saving his life. In a body video released by BPD are his mom's terrified screams, 'No! No, No, No. He's not breathing!' The officer was heard saying, 'I need you to fight, come on Bro, God, please let him live.'
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

Family and friends attend a vigil for Kylis Fagbemi, 20-year-old victim of a mass shooting in the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood, on the block where he grew up in Baltimore. Loved ones embraced and remembered his spirit. They formed his name with candles that still were burning as darkness fell and mourners left the quiet corner.
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TAMIKA LINBRITH, mother of Kylis Fagbemi, 20-year-old victim of a mass shooting in the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood, weeps with primal and unrelenting pain during his viewing at March Life Tribute Center. 'I'm not going to have the opportunity to watch my son get married, buy his first car, buy his first house. I shouldn't have to bury my child,' wept Tamika. To lose a child is like a heart ripped from the chest - the hardest and most unnatural loss. That awful phone call in the middle of the night. Remembering their last words.
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The casket of Kylis Fagbemi, 20-year-old victim of a mass shooting in the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood, at his viewing at March Life Tribute Center. Two people were killed and 28 wounded, including 15 minors in an escalating epidemic of gun violence. The annual block party became the worst mass shooting in Baltimore's history. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been 543 mass shooting alone in the U.S. through October this year which does not include individual street incidents that occur daily in cities like DC and Baltimore. Family described Kylis as funny with a bright future. He dreamt of becoming a traveling ultrasound technician and had just signed up for a certification course. Nicknamed Mooka, he loved motorcycles, math, music, girls, and his dogs. He was dedicated to his mother. 'He was my protector, my heart,' wept Tamika Linbrith. Grief is equal to the love and doesn't end when the casket is closed. A pastor implored, 'Family, friends, after this day Tamika is still going to need you.'
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Loved ones weep during the viewing of Kylis Fagbemi, 20-year-old victim of a mass shooting in the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore, at March Life Tribute Center. Two people were killed and 28 wounded, including 15 minors in an escalating epidemic of gun violence. The annual block party became the worst mass shooting in Baltimore's history. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been 543 mass shooting alone in the U.S. through October this year which does not include individual street incidents that occur daily in cities like DC and Baltimore. Family described Kylis as funny with a bright future. He dreamt of becoming a traveling ultrasound technician and had just signed up for a certification course. Nicknamed Mooka, he loved motorcycles, math, music, girls, and his dogs. He was dedicated to his mother. 'He was my protector, my heart,' wept Tamika Linbrith. Grief is equal to the love and doesn't end when the casket is closed. A pastor implored, 'Family, friends, after this day Tamika is still going to need you.'
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TAMIKA LINBRITH, (right) views her son KYLIS FAGBEMI, 20-year-old victim of a mass shooting in the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore. She wept at his viewing in the March Life Tribute Center. 'My baby, my baby!' she wails. Two people were killed and 28 wounded, including 15 minors in an escalating epidemic of gun violence. The annual block party became the worst mass shooting in Baltimore's history. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been 543 mass shooting alone in the U.S. through October this year which does not include individual street incidents that occur daily in cities like DC and Baltimore. Family described Kylis as funny with a bright future. He dreamt of becoming a traveling ultrasound technician and had just signed up for a certification course. Nicknamed Mooka, he loved motorcycles, math, music, girls, and his dogs. He was dedicated to his mother. 'He was my protector, my heart,' wept Linbrith. Grief is equal to the love and doesn't end when the casket is closed. A pastor implored, 'Family, friends, after this day Tamika is still going to need you.'
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

Loved ones weep during the viewing of Kylis Fagbemi, 20-year-old victim of a mass shooting in Baltimore, at March Life Tribute Center. Two people were killed and 28 wounded, including 15 minors in an escalating epidemic of gun violence. The annual block party became the worst mass shooting in Baltimore's history. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been 543 mass shooting alone in the U.S. through October this year which does not include individual street incidents that occur daily in cities like DC and Baltimore. Family described Kylis as funny with a bright future. He dreamt of becoming a traveling ultrasound technician and had just signed up for a certification course. Nicknamed Mooka, he loved motorcycles, math, music, girls, and his dogs. He was dedicated to his mother. 'He was my protector, my heart,' wept Tamika Linbrith. Grief is equal to the love and doesn't end when the casket is closed. A pastor implored, 'Family, friends, after this day Tamika is still going to need you.'
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TAMIKA LINBRITH, (right) weeps after seeing her son, KYLIS FAGBEMI, in his casket at a viewing in the March Life Tribute Center. The 20-year-old was a victim of a mass shooting in the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore. 'My baby, my baby!' Linbrith wails. Two people were killed and 28 wounded, including 15 minors in an escalating epidemic of gun violence. The annual block party became the worst mass shooting in Baltimore's history. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been 543 mass shooting alone in the U.S. through October this year which does not include individual street incidents that occur daily in cities like DC and Baltimore. Family described Kylis as funny with a bright future. He dreamt of becoming a traveling ultrasound technician and had just signed up for a certification course. Nicknamed Mooka, he loved motorcycles, math, music, girls, and his dogs. He was dedicated to his mother. 'He was my protector, my heart,' wept Linbrith. Grief is equal to the love and doesn't end when the casket is closed. A pastor implored, 'Family, friends, after this day Tamika is still going to need you.'
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TAMIKA LINBRITH, mother of Kylis Fagbemi, 20-year-old victim of a mass shooting in the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore, is comforted as she weeps with primal and unrelenting pain during his viewing at March Life Tribute Center. 'I'm not going to have the opportunity to watch my son get married, buy his first car, buy his first house. I shouldn't have to bury my child,' wept Tamika. To lose a child is like a heart ripped from the chest - the hardest and most unnatural loss. That awful phone call in the middle of the night.
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TAMIKA LINBRITH, (right) views her son KYLIS FAGBEMI, 20-year-old victim of a mass shooting in the Brooklyn Homes neighborhood of Baltimore. She pulls up the covers and tucks him in for the final time before the coffin closes during a viewing at March Life Tribute Center. 'My baby, my baby!' she wails. Two people were killed and 28 wounded, including 15 minors in an escalating epidemic of gun violence. The annual block party became the worst mass shooting in Baltimore's history.
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A motorcycle hearse awaits the casket of Kylis Fagbemi, 20-year-old victim of a mass shooting in Baltimore, after his funeral at March Life Tribute Center.
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TAMIKA LINBRITH, mother of Kylis Fagbemi, 20-year-old victim of a mass shooting in Baltimore, tries to help police calm her family members after a disagreement broke out at his funeral, at March Life Tribute Center. Grief is equal to the love and doesn't end when the casket is closed. A pastor implored, 'Family, friends, after this day Tamika is still going to need you.'
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Loved ones touch the coffin in a final goodbye for Kylis Fagbemi, 20-year-old victim of a mass shooting in Baltimore, before his burial at King Memorial Cemetery. Some children attended community peace walks after the tragedy, holding signs saying 'Don't Shoot. We Want to Grow Up.'
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Police watch over the burial of Kylis Fagbemi, 20-year-old victim of a mass shooting in Baltimore, as doves fly by from his gravesite service at King Memorial Cemetery. There was a brief family argument and scuffle previously at the funeral home where officers intervened. Police were criticized for not taking charge as tensions grew and teens flashed guns the night of the shooting. BPD admitted a failure to act on warnings and calls for help about the chaotic crowd after a review was done regarding the agency's response.
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At a repast for Kylis Fagbemi, 20-year-old victim of a mass shooting at a block party in Baltimore, loved ones dance at Good Vibes Event Center, a disco that donated the venue. Funerals are filled with tears and echoes of mourning. But the repast is a time for passionate celebration of life.
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At a repast for Kylis Fagbemi, 20-year-old victim of a mass shooting at a block party in Baltimore, decorations surround his image as mourners eat, dance and eventually move on with life at Good Vibes Event Center, a disco that donated the venue. 'Healing comes. We been with firing for a night, but joy comes in the morning,' said resident Audrey Green.
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October 5, 2023 in Washington, DC. In SE DC, Joshua Starr, 37 was shot multiple times outside his apartment and died on the scene. It was initially reported the perpetrator was wearing a school uniform. His family looked down from their balcony where forensic investigators documented shell casings and bloody clothes. The family is so fearful they moved from the neighborhood.
© Joshua Starr, age 37. Shot: October 5, 2023 in Washington, DC. In SE DC, Joshua Starr, 37 was shot multiple times outside his apartment and died on the scene. It was initially reported the perpetrator was wearing a school uniform. His family looked down from their balcony where forensic investigators documented shell casings and bloody clothes. The family is so fearful they moved from the neighborhood.

Family members embrace as they learn of the death of Joshua Starr, 37 years old who was shot multiple times at his apartment building near Stanton Road SE. Homicides in the nation's Capital surpassed 200 in late September up 35 percent from last year with a trend of increasing numbers in the past decade.
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The body of Joshua Starr, 37 years old lays where he was shot multiple times at his apartment building near Stanton Road SE. Homicides in the nation's Capital surpassed 200 in late September up 35 percent from last year with a trend of increasing numbers in the past decade.
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Family members looked down from their balcony where forensic investigators document shell casings and the bloody clothes of Joshua Starr, 37 years old who was shot multiple times at his apartment building in near Stanton Road. His aunt showed a photo of his body that she took and lamented about a lack of caring on the part of the mayor and other authorities.
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Family members looked down from their balcony where forensic investigators document shell casings and the bloody clothes of Joshua Starr, 37 years old who was shot multiple times at his apartment building in near Stanton Road. His aunt showed a photo of his body that she took and lamented about a lack of caring on the part of the mayor and other authorities.
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Family members wait on their balcony as forensic investigators document the crime scene where Joshua Starr, 37 years old was shot multiple times at his apartment building. As policy-makers debate gun control with stiffer laws and penalties especially concerning assault rifles, the body count increases with innocents caught in the crossfire and families ripped apart by the aftershocks.
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His aunt show a photo she took on her cell phone of the body of Joshua Starr, 37, as he lay where he was shot multiple times at his apartment building near Stanton Road SE. Homicides in the nation's Capital surpassed 200 in late September up 35 percent from last year with a trend of increasing numbers in the past decade.
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Remnants of bloody clothes, cell phone, evidence markers and a frantic attempt by medics to save his life, are what remain after the body of Joshua Starr, 37 years old is taken away from his apartment building in near Stanton Road SE. Everyday shootings seldom make front page headlines anymore, begging the question: Is the nation getting immune and accepting this as a tragic new normal?
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September 8, 2023 in Washington DC. Cle' Shai Perry, 18 was at the backyard playground of her building in NW DC when a hail of bullets cut her life short. Her friend was also killed, and a 15-year-old injured. She loved pink and her loved ones showered the services in pastel and vivid hues of her favorite color. She looked like a beautiful angel in the casket, wrapped in a sophisticated pink suit. Children in pink bow-ties weep. Pallbearers were mostly female friends and sisters bedecked in pink finery. Her mother Chiquita Perry collapsed on a couch in exhaustion after the ritual of saying farewell. Cle' Shai loved helping people and wanted to pursue a career in nursing. From her funeral program: 'Shai had exquisite taste and took pride in her appearance. She loved fashion and jewelry, especially make-up, hair, and nails. She was the life of the party, had a one-of-a-kind smile.'
© Cle’ Shai Perry, age 18.Shot: September 8, 2023 in Washington DC. Cle' Shai Perry, 18 was at the backyard playground of her building in NW DC when a hail of bullets cut her life short. Her friend was also killed, and a 15-year-old injured. She loved pink and her loved ones showered the services in pastel and vivid hues of her favorite color. She looked like a beautiful angel in the casket, wrapped in a sophisticated pink suit. Children in pink bow-ties weep. Pallbearers were mostly female friends and sisters bedecked in pink finery. Her mother Chiquita Perry collapsed on a couch in exhaustion after the ritual of saying farewell. Cle' Shai loved helping people and wanted to pursue a career in nursing. From her funeral program: 'Shai had exquisite taste and took pride in her appearance. She loved fashion and jewelry, especially make-up, hair, and nails. She was the life of the party, had a one-of-a-kind smile.'

A TV news report of the scene where Cle'Shai Perry, 18, was at the backyard playground of her building in the Shaw neighborhood and caught in the crossfire of a barrage of bullets by multiple gunmen that cut her life short, with many shell casings littering the street. Mikeya Ferguson, 19 also perished and her 15-year-old cousin was seriously injured. Her father has called for the National Guard to be deployed to stem the rash of violence in the city.
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Cle'Shai Perry, 18, was at the backyard playground of her building in the Shaw neighborhood and caught in the crossfire of a barrage of bullets by multiple gunmen that cut her life short, with bullet holes on cars evident nearby. Mikeya Ferguson, 19 also perished and her 15-year-old cousin was seriously injured. Her father has called for the National Guard to be deployed to stem the rash of violence in the city.
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Loved ones light candles at a vigil for 18-year old Cle'Shai Perry, who was at the backyard playground of her building when a hail of bullets cut her life short. She loved pink and her family showered the services in vivid hues of her favorite color.
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Loved ones release dozens of pink balloons at a vigil for 18-year old Cle'Shai Perry, who was at the backyard playground of her building when a hail of bullets cut her life short. She loved pink and her family showered the services in vivid hues of her favorite color.
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CHIQUITA PERRY holds a vigil for her daughter Cle'Shai Perry, 18, on a street near the backyard playground of her building where she was killed. She loved pink and her family and friends showered her vigil and services in pastel and vivid hues of her favorite color, dressing in pink finery with elaborate decorations. From the funeral program: 'Shai was very outgoing and strong-minded, just like her mother, whom she adored. Her mother was her role model, twin, and best friend. As Shai grew older, the more she resembled her mother and adopted her style, so much so that she would get in trouble for wearing her mother's clothes and shoes.'
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Cody-Kash Perry, 13-year old, brother of Cle'Shai Perry, wears sneakers honoring his sister during her funeral services at Temple of Praise. She loved pink and her family embraced her favorite color for her goodbye.
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Loved ones release dozens of pink balloons at a vigil for 18-year old Cle'Shai Perry, who was at the backyard playground of her building when a hail of bullets cut her life short. She loved pink and her family showered the services in vivid hues of her favorite color.
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Cle'Shai Perry, 18, looked like a beautiful pink angel in the casket, wrapped in a sophisticated pink suit during her funeral at the Temple of Praise. She was caught in the crossfire when a hail of bullets cut her life short. Another young person lies with mortal stillness in a coffin. Their hopes and dreams stolen by escalating gun violence. She loved pink and her family showered the services in vivid hues of her favorite color. She loved helping people and wanted to pursue a career in nursing. From her funeral program: 'Shai had exquisite taste and took pride in her appearance. She loved fashion and jewelry, especially make-up, hair, and nails. She was the life of the party, had a one-of-a-kind smile. She will always be remembered for her strong personality, charismatic ways, beautiful smile, plumped glossy lips and ready to go attitude.'
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Eight-year old CHANCE JONES weeps during the funeral of his cousin Cle'Shai Perry at Temple of Praise. She had a particular fondness for her six young cousins. Children in pink bowties mourned. Kids grow up seeing police tape, shell casing markers, bodies in caskets and bereaved mothers wailing at funerals.
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CHIQUITA PERRY weeps at the casket of her daughter Cle'Shai Perry, 18, killed on a street near the backyard playground of her building where she was killed. She loved pink and her family and friends showered her vigil and services in pastel and vivid hues of her favorite color, dressing in pink finery with elaborate decorations. From the funeral program: 'Shai was very outgoing and strong-minded, just like her mother, whom she adored. Her mother was her role model, twin, and best friend. As Shai grew older, the more she resembled her mother and adopted her style, so much so that she would get in trouble for wearing her mother's clothes and shoes.'
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Church nurses pray and weep during the funeral of Cle'Shai Perry, 18, at Temple of Praise. Perry was at the backyard playground of her building when a hail of bullets cut her life short.
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Pallbearers were mostly female friends and sisters bedecked in pink finery at the funeral of shooting victim Cle'Shai Perry, 18, at Temple of Praise. Perry was at the backyard playground of her building when a hail of bullets cut her life short.
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Pallbearers were mostly female friends and sisters bedecked in pink finery at the funeral of shooting victim Cle'Shai Perry, 18, at Temple of Praise. Perry was at the backyard playground of her building when a hail of bullets cut her life short.
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Cle'Shai Perry's sister Ty takes a selfie on the way to gravesite after the funeral. Perry, 18, was at the backyard playground of her building when a hail of bullets cut her life short.
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Cle'Shai Perry's sister Ty (center) and loved ones take photos of a dove release at the funeral of Perry, 18, who was at the backyard playground of her building when a hail of bullets cut her life short.
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Family and friends attend the burial of Cle'Shai Perry, 18, at Epiphany Cemetery. A sea of pink clothes and flowers surrounded her gravesite farewell.
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Loved ones watch a dove release at the funeral of shooting victim Cle'Shai Perry, 18, at Epiphany Cemetery.
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Cle'Shai Perry's sister Ty (center) kisses the coffin during her sister's funeral at Epiphany Cemetery. Perry, 18, was at the backyard playground of her building when a hail of bullets cut her life short.
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Loved ones attend the repast of Cle'Shai Perry, 18, at Epiphany Cemetery. There has emerged a subculture for final farewells. Rituals include RIP T-shirts, lantern releases, elaborate decorations, and a life-size cutout of the departed where loved ones pose for selfies. Other bereaved mothers chat about their own losses and show cellphone images of coffin portraits, their last memory. Seems everywhere there is someone who knows someone affected by gun violence. Funerals are filled with tears and echoes of mourning. But the repast is also a time for a passionate celebration of life.
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LASHON PERRY places flowers at the recently dug grave of her granddaughter Cle'Shai Perry, 18, at Epiphany Cemetery. She talks to her, saying she will be back to see her soon. A hail of bullets cut Cle'Shai's life short as she stood in the playground of her apartment building. From the funeral program: 'Shai, you broke my heart, baby; a limb has fallen from our family tree. I will love you forever, Grandma.'
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Loved ones carry a life sized cutout of shooting victim Cle'Shai Perry, 18, from the repast at Epiphany Cemetery.
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LASHON PERRY and family return to her home after the funeral of her granddaughter Cle' Shai Perry, 18. On the refrigerator are police leaflets offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of her killers.
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Loved ones return to the home of Lashon Perry after the funeral of her granddaughter, 18-year old shooting victim Cle' Shai Perry.
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Loved ones return to the home of Lashon Perry after the funeral of her granddaughter, 18-year old shooting victim Cle' Shai Perry.
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LASHON PERRY returns home after the funeral of her granddaughter, 18-year old shooting victim Cle' Shai Perry. On the refrigerator are police leaflets offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of her killers.
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A portrait in the home of Lashon Perry of her granddaughter, 18-year old shooting victim Cle' Shai Perry.
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CHIQUITA PERRY, mother of Cle'Shai Perry, collapsed on a couch from the emotional exhaustion of saying farewell after the funeral services for her daughter. Most relatives and friends returned to the home of Lashon Perry, her grandmother. Her words from the funeral program: 'Cle'Shai, you left me broken-hearted, not knowing what to do, but day by day, I find comfort in memories of you. Your glamourous light will forever shine from the heavens above. Now, you're my precious Angel in heaven, just as you were on earth. Until we meet again, Mommy.' Sadly, soon there will be another body in a pool of blood, another vigil, another mother's tears, as she cries 'My baby, my baby.'
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August 14, 2023 in Baltimore, MD...The victims keep getting younger. A teddy bear lays on top of the casket of Bryson Hudson, 16 years old, during his home-going service. Maurice Johnson, also 16 was gunned down leaving classes at Dunbar High School.
© Bryson Hudson, age 16.Shot: August 14, 2023 in Baltimore, MD...The victims keep getting younger. A teddy bear lays on top of the casket of Bryson Hudson, 16 years old, during his home-going service. Maurice Johnson, also 16 was gunned down leaving classes at Dunbar High School.

A teddy bear lays on top of the casket of Bryson Hudson, 16, during his home-going service at Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Home.
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Friends and family comfort KATIKA TRAVIS, mother of 16-year old Bryson Hudson, during his home-going service at Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Home.
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Friends and family give eulogies of Bryson Hudson, 16, during his home-going service at Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Home.
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Friends and family of Bryson Hudson, 16, attend his home-going service at Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Home.
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Friends and family comfort ERICA COLBERT, grandmother of Bryson Hudson, 16, during his home-going service at Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Home.
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Friends and family take photos with a life-size cutout of Bryson Hudson, 16, during his repast. There has emerged a subculture for final farewells. Rituals include RIP T-shirts, lantern releases, elaborate decorations, and a life-size cutout of the departed where loved ones pose for selfies. Other bereaved mothers chat about their own losses and show cellphone images of coffin portraits, their last memory. Seems everywhere there is someone who knows someone affected by gun violence. Funerals are filled with tears and echoes of mourning. But the repast is also a time for a passionate celebration of life.
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At the repast of 16-years old shooting victim Bryson Hudson, Donna Bruce holds a photo of her son who was also shot and killed. Other bereaved mothers chat about their own losses and show cellphone images of coffin portraits, their last memory. Seems everywhere there is someone who knows someone affected by gun violence.
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Donna Bruce receives a hug at the repast of shooting victim Bryson Hudson, 16. Bruce's son was also shot and killed. Other bereaved mothers chat about their own losses and show cellphone images of coffin portraits, their last memory. Seems everywhere there is someone who knows someone affected by gun violence.
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September 8, 2023 in Washington, DC. Brandon Gant's mother Toloria Gant says, 'I'm his voice now.' The 23-year old was killed in a shooting in SE Washington, DC when he had gone out to buy allergy medicine for her. She is on a mission seeking justice. Police believe he was an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of crew violence as he sat in his mom's car on Minnesota Avenue. To date, no suspects have been apprehended. Flyers offering a $25,000 reward have been ripped down at the site where loved ones pay tribute with teddy bears and tears. She has held two marches so far and will not find peace until the person that did this is off the streets and can’t harm anyone else. Gun violence is relentless in her neighborhood. Since Brandon was killed, a man was gunned down in her apartment complex and a friend killed in a quadruple shooting at a corner market nearby. She is trying to raise donations for a headstone but hasn't yet been emotionally able to visit his gravesite. Her apartment has become a shrine to her beloved boy. Posters, EKG tape and the hospital gown he wore. She recorded his last heartbeats before he passed away and put the audio in a stuffed dog as a heart wrenching memorial. She journals to him every day.
© Brandon Gant, age 23.Shot: September 8, 2023 in Washington, DC. Brandon Gant's mother Toloria Gant says, 'I'm his voice now.' The 23-year old was killed in a shooting in SE Washington, DC when he had gone out to buy allergy medicine for her. She is on a mission seeking justice. Police believe he was an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of crew violence as he sat in his mom's car on Minnesota Avenue. To date, no suspects have been apprehended. Flyers offering a $25,000 reward have been ripped down at the site where loved ones pay tribute with teddy bears and tears. She has held two marches so far and will not find peace until the person that did this is off the streets and can’t harm anyone else. Gun violence is relentless in her neighborhood. Since Brandon was killed, a man was gunned down in her apartment complex and a friend killed in a quadruple shooting at a corner market nearby. She is trying to raise donations for a headstone but hasn't yet been emotionally able to visit his gravesite. Her apartment has become a shrine to her beloved boy. Posters, EKG tape and the hospital gown he wore. She recorded his last heartbeats before he passed away and put the audio in a stuffed dog as a heart wrenching memorial. She journals to him every day.

'I'm his voice now,' says TOLORIA GANT, mother of shooting victim Brandon Gant, 23, as loved ones take part in a justice march. He had gone out to buy allergy medicine for his mother. Police believe he was an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of crew violence in September as he sat in his mom's car on Minnesota Avenue. To date, no suspects have been apprehended and his mother is on a mission seeking justice. Flyers offering a $25,000 reward have been ripped down at the site where loved ones pay tribute with teddy bears and tears. She has held two marches so far and will not find peace until the person that did this is off the streets and can't harm anyone else. Gun violence is relentless in her neighborhood. Since Brandon was killed, a man was gunned down in her apartment complex and a friend killed in a quadruple shooting at a corner market nearby. She is trying to raise donations for a headstone but hasn't yet been able to visit his gravesite. Her apartment has become a shrine to her beloved boy. Posters, EKG tape and the hospital gown he wore. She recorded his last heartbeats before he passed away in the hospital and now has them in a stuffed dog as a heart wrenching memorial. She journals to him every day. 'I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go.'
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Mementos are left for Brandon Gant, 23, who was killed in a September shooting. He had gone out to buy allergy medicine for his mother. Police believe he was an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of crew violence as he sat in his mom's car on Minnesota Avenue. To date, no suspects have been apprehended and his mother is on a mission seeking justice. Flyers offering a $25,000 reward have been ripped down at the site where loved ones pay tribute with teddy bears and tears. She has held two marches so far and will not find peace until the person that did this is off the streets and can't harm anyone else. Gun violence is relentless in her neighborhood. Since Brandon was killed, a man was gunned down in her apartment complex and a friend killed in a quadruple shooting at a corner market nearby. She is trying to raise donations for a headstone but hasn't yet been able to visit his gravesite. Her apartment has become a shrine to her beloved boy. Posters, EKG tape and the hospital gown he wore. She recorded his last heartbeats before he passed away in the hospital and now has them in a stuffed dog as a heart wrenching memorial. She journals to him every day. 'I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go.'
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'I'm his voice now,' says TOLORIA GANT, mother of shooting victim Brandon Gant, 23, as loved ones take part in a justice march. He had gone out to buy allergy medicine for his mother. Police believe he was an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of crew violence in September as he sat in his mom's car on Minnesota Avenue. To date, no suspects have been apprehended and his mother is on a mission seeking justice. Flyers offering a $25,000 reward have been ripped down at the site where loved ones pay tribute with teddy bears and tears. She has held two marches so far and will not find peace until the person that did this is off the streets and can't harm anyone else. Gun violence is relentless in her neighborhood. Since Brandon was killed, a man was gunned down in her apartment complex and a friend killed in a quadruple shooting at a corner market nearby. She is trying to raise donations for a headstone but hasn't yet been able to visit his gravesite. Her apartment has become a shrine to her beloved boy. Posters, EKG tape and the hospital gown he wore. She recorded his last heartbeats before he passed away in the hospital and now has them in a stuffed dog as a heart wrenching memorial. She journals to him every day… 'I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go.'
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Loved ones take part in a justice march for Brandon Gant, 23, who was killed in a shooting in SE DC in September. He had gone out to buy allergy medicine for his mother. Police believe he was an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of crew violence as he sat in his mom's car on Minnesota Avenue. To date, no suspects have been apprehended and his mother is on a mission seeking justice. Flyers offering a $25,000 reward have been ripped down at the site where loved ones pay tribute with teddy bears and tears. She has held two marches so far and will not find peace until the person that did this is off the streets and can't harm anyone else. Gun violence is relentless in her neighborhood. Since Brandon was killed, a man was gunned down in her apartment complex and a friend killed in a quadruple shooting at a corner market nearby. She is trying to raise donations for a headstone but hasn't yet been able to visit his gravesite. Her apartment has become a shrine to her beloved boy. Posters, EKG tape and the hospital gown he wore. She recorded his last heartbeats before he passed away in the hospital and now has them in a stuffed dog as a heart wrenching memorial. She journals to him every day. 'I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go.'
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Loved ones take part in a justice march for Brandon Gant, 23, who was killed in a shooting in SE DC in September. He had gone out to buy allergy medicine for his mother. Police believe he was an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of crew violence as he sat in his mom's car on Minnesota Avenue. To date, no suspects have been apprehended and his mother is on a mission seeking justice. Flyers offering a $25,000 reward have been ripped down at the site where loved ones pay tribute with teddy bears and tears. She has held two marches so far and will not find peace until the person that did this is off the streets and can't harm anyone else. Gun violence is relentless in her neighborhood. Since Brandon was killed, a man was gunned down in her apartment complex and a friend killed in a quadruple shooting at a corner market nearby. She is trying to raise donations for a headstone but hasn't yet been able to visit his gravesite. Her apartment has become a shrine to her beloved boy. Posters, EKG tape and the hospital gown he wore. She recorded his last heartbeats before he passed away in the hospital and now has them in a stuffed dog as a heart wrenching memorial. She journals to him every day. 'I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go.'
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Flyers offer a $25,000 reward for information about the shooting of Brandon Gant, 23, who was killed in September. To date, no suspects have been apprehended and his mother is on a mission seeking justice. She has held two marches so far and will not find peace until the person that did this is off the streets and can't harm anyone else. Gun violence is relentless in her neighborhood. Since Brandon was killed, a man was gunned down in her apartment complex and a friend killed in a quadruple shooting at a corner market nearby. She is trying to raise donations for a headstone but hasn't yet been able to visit his gravesite. Her apartment has become a shrine to her beloved boy. Posters, EKG tape and the hospital gown he wore. She recorded his last heartbeats before he passed away in the hospital and now has them in a stuffed dog as a heart wrenching memorial. She journals to him every day. 'I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go.'
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Loved ones take part in a justice march for Brandon Gant, 23, who was killed in a shooting in SE DC in September. He had gone out to buy allergy medicine for his mother. Police believe he was an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of crew violence as he sat in his mom's car on Minnesota Avenue. To date, no suspects have been apprehended and his mother is on a mission seeking justice. Flyers offering a $25,000 reward have been ripped down at the site where loved ones pay tribute with teddy bears and tears. She has held two marches so far and will not find peace until the person that did this is off the streets and can't harm anyone else. Gun violence is relentless in her neighborhood. Since Brandon was killed, a man was gunned down in her apartment complex and a friend killed in a quadruple shooting at a corner market nearby. She is trying to raise donations for a headstone but hasn't yet been able to visit his gravesite. Her apartment has become a shrine to her beloved boy. Posters, EKG tape and the hospital gown he wore. She recorded his last heartbeats before he passed away in the hospital and now has them in a stuffed dog as a heart wrenching memorial. She journals to him every day. 'I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go.'
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Loved ones take part in a justice march for Brandon Gant, 23, who was killed in a shooting in SE DC in September. He had gone out to buy allergy medicine for his mother. Police believe he was an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of crew violence as he sat in his mom's car on Minnesota Avenue. To date, no suspects have been apprehended and his mother is on a mission seeking justice. Flyers offering a $25,000 reward have been ripped down at the site where loved ones pay tribute with teddy bears and tears. She has held two marches so far and will not find peace until the person that did this is off the streets and can't harm anyone else. Gun violence is relentless in her neighborhood. Since Brandon was killed, a man was gunned down in her apartment complex and a friend killed in a quadruple shooting at a corner market nearby. She is trying to raise donations for a headstone but hasn't yet been able to visit his gravesite. Her apartment has become a shrine to her beloved boy. Posters, EKG tape and the hospital gown he wore. She recorded his last heartbeats before he passed away in the hospital and now has them in a stuffed dog as a heart wrenching memorial. She journals to him every day. 'I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go.'
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Loved ones take part in a justice march for Brandon Gant, 23, who was killed in a shooting in SE DC in September. He had gone out to buy allergy medicine for his mother. Police believe he was an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of crew violence as he sat in his mom's car on Minnesota Avenue. To date, no suspects have been apprehended and his mother is on a mission seeking justice. Flyers offering a $25,000 reward have been ripped down at the site where loved ones pay tribute with teddy bears and tears. She has held two marches so far and will not find peace until the person that did this is off the streets and can't harm anyone else. Gun violence is relentless in her neighborhood. Since Brandon was killed, a man was gunned down in her apartment complex and a friend killed in a quadruple shooting at a corner market nearby. She is trying to raise donations for a headstone but hasn't yet been able to visit his gravesite. Her apartment has become a shrine to her beloved boy. Posters, EKG tape and the hospital gown he wore. She recorded his last heartbeats before he passed away in the hospital and now has them in a stuffed dog as a heart wrenching memorial. She journals to him every day. 'I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go.'
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Loved ones take part in a justice march for Brandon Gant, 23, who was killed in a shooting in SE DC in September. He had gone out to buy allergy medicine for his mother. Police believe he was an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of crew violence as he sat in his mom's car on Minnesota Avenue. To date, no suspects have been apprehended and his mother is on a mission seeking justice. Flyers offering a $25,000 reward have been ripped down at the site where loved ones pay tribute with teddy bears and tears. She has held two marches so far and will not find peace until the person that did this is off the streets and can't harm anyone else. Gun violence is relentless in her neighborhood. Since Brandon was killed, a man was gunned down in her apartment complex and a friend killed in a quadruple shooting at a corner market nearby. She is trying to raise donations for a headstone but hasn't yet been able to visit his gravesite. Her apartment has become a shrine to her beloved boy. Posters, EKG tape and the hospital gown he wore. She recorded his last heartbeats before he passed away in the hospital and now has them in a stuffed dog as a heart wrenching memorial. She journals to him every day. 'I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go.'
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Loved ones take part in a justice march for Brandon Gant, 23, who was killed in a shooting in SE DC in September. He had gone out to buy allergy medicine for his mother. Police believe he was an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of crew violence as he sat in his mom's car on Minnesota Avenue. To date, no suspects have been apprehended and his mother is on a mission seeking justice. Flyers offering a $25,000 reward have been ripped down at the site where loved ones pay tribute with teddy bears and tears. She has held two marches so far and will not find peace until the person that did this is off the streets and can't harm anyone else. Gun violence is relentless in her neighborhood. Since Brandon was killed, a man was gunned down in her apartment complex and a friend killed in a quadruple shooting at a corner market nearby. She is trying to raise donations for a headstone but hasn't yet been able to visit his gravesite. Her apartment has become a shrine to her beloved boy. Posters, EKG tape and the hospital gown he wore. She recorded his last heartbeats before he passed away in the hospital and now has them in a stuffed dog as a heart wrenching memorial. She journals to him every day. 'I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go.'
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Loved ones take part in a justice march for Brandon Gant, 23, who was killed in a shooting in SE DC in September. He had gone out to buy allergy medicine for his mother. Police believe he was an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of crew violence as he sat in his mom's car on Minnesota Avenue. To date, no suspects have been apprehended and his mother is on a mission seeking justice. Flyers offering a $25,000 reward have been ripped down at the site where loved ones pay tribute with teddy bears and tears. She has held two marches so far and will not find peace until the person that did this is off the streets and can't harm anyone else. Gun violence is relentless in her neighborhood. Since Brandon was killed, a man was gunned down in her apartment complex and a friend killed in a quadruple shooting at a corner market nearby. She is trying to raise donations for a headstone but hasn't yet been able to visit his gravesite. Her apartment has become a shrine to her beloved boy. Posters, EKG tape and the hospital gown he wore. She recorded his last heartbeats before he passed away in the hospital and now has them in a stuffed dog as a heart wrenching memorial. She journals to him every day. 'I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go.'
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Loved ones take part in a justice march for Brandon Gant, 23, who was killed in a shooting in SE DC in September. He had gone out to buy allergy medicine for his mother. Police believe he was an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of crew violence as he sat in his mom's car on Minnesota Avenue. To date, no suspects have been apprehended and his mother is on a mission seeking justice. Flyers offering a $25,000 reward have been ripped down at the site where loved ones pay tribute with teddy bears and tears. She has held two marches so far and will not find peace until the person that did this is off the streets and can't harm anyone else. Gun violence is relentless in her neighborhood. Since Brandon was killed, a man was gunned down in her apartment complex and a friend killed in a quadruple shooting at a corner market nearby. She is trying to raise donations for a headstone but hasn't yet been able to visit his gravesite. Her apartment has become a shrine to her beloved boy. Posters, EKG tape and the hospital gown he wore. She recorded his last heartbeats before he passed away in the hospital and now has them in a stuffed dog as a heart wrenching memorial. She journals to him every day. 'I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go.'
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Loved ones take part in a justice march for Brandon Gant, 23, who was killed in a shooting in SE DC in September. He had gone out to buy allergy medicine for his mother. Police believe he was an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of crew violence as he sat in his mom's car on Minnesota Avenue. To date, no suspects have been apprehended and his mother is on a mission seeking justice. Flyers offering a $25,000 reward have been ripped down at the site where loved ones pay tribute with teddy bears and tears. She has held two marches so far and will not find peace until the person that did this is off the streets and can't harm anyone else. Gun violence is relentless in her neighborhood. Since Brandon was killed, a man was gunned down in her apartment complex and a friend killed in a quadruple shooting at a corner market nearby. She is trying to raise donations for a headstone but hasn't yet been able to visit his gravesite. Her apartment has become a shrine to her beloved boy. Posters, EKG tape and the hospital gown he wore. She recorded his last heartbeats before he passed away in the hospital and now has them in a stuffed dog as a heart wrenching memorial. She journals to him every day. 'I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go.'
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TOLORIA GANT, mother of 23-year old shooting victim Brandon Gant, sits with Christmas gifts as she is surrounded by memories in her apartment that has become a shrine to her beloved boy. The first Christmas without someone is particularly hard. She is trying to raise donations for a headstone but hasn't yet been able to visit his gravesite.
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TOLORIA GANT, mother of 23-year old shooting victim Brandon Gant, sits with Christmas gifts as she is surrounded by memories in her apartment that has become a shrine to her beloved boy. The first Christmas without someone is particularly hard. She is trying to raise donations for a headstone but hasn't yet been able to visit his gravesite.
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TOLORIA GANT, mother of 23-year old shooting victim Brandon Gant, weeps as she is surrounded by memories in her apartment that has become a shrine to her beloved boy. Posters, EKG tape and the hospital gown he wore. She recorded his last heartbeats before he passed away in the hospital and now has them in a stuffed dog as a heart wrenching memorial. She journals to him every day. 'I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go.' I'm his voice now,' she says as loved ones take part in a justice march. He had gone out to buy allergy medicine for his mother. Police believe he was an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of crew violence as he sat in his mom's car on Minnesota Avenue. To date, no suspects have been apprehended and his mother is on a mission seeking justice. Flyers offering a $25,000 reward have been ripped down at the site where loved ones pay tribute with teddy bears and tears. She has held two marches so far and will not find peace until the person that did this is off the streets and can't harm anyone else. Gun violence is relentless in her neighborhood. Since Brandon was killed, a man was gunned down in her apartment complex and a friend killed in a quadruple shooting at a corner market nearby. She is trying to raise donations for a headstone but hasn't yet been able to visit his gravesite.
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Toloria Gant, mother of 23-year old shooting victim Brandon Gant, shows a photo on her phone of him dying in the hospital. She is surrounded by memories in her apartment that has become a shrine to her beloved boy. Posters, EKG tape and the hospital gown he wore. She recorded his last heartbeats before he passed away in the hospital and now has them in a stuffed dog as a heart wrenching memorial. She journals to him every day. 'I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go.' I'm his voice now,' she says as loved ones take part in a justice march. He had gone out to buy allergy medicine for his mother. Police believe he was an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of crew violence as he sat in his mom's car on Minnesota Avenue. To date, no suspects have been apprehended and his mother is on a mission seeking justice. Flyers offering a $25,000 reward have been ripped down at the site where loved ones pay tribute with teddy bears and tears. She has held two marches so far and will not find peace until the person that did this is off the streets and can't harm anyone else. Gun violence is relentless in her neighborhood. Since Brandon was killed, a man was gunned down in her apartment complex and a friend killed in a quadruple shooting at a corner market nearby. She is trying to raise donations for a headstone but hasn't yet been able to visit his gravesite.
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Toloria Gant, mother of 23-year old shooting victim Brandon Gant, shows a journal as she is surrounded by memories in her apartment that has become a shrine to her beloved boy. Posters, EKG tape and the hospital gown he wore. She recorded his last heartbeats before he passed away in the hospital and now has them in a stuffed dog as a heart wrenching memorial. She journals to him every day. 'I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go.' I'm his voice now,' she says as loved ones take part in a justice march. He had gone out to buy allergy medicine for his mother. Police believe he was an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of crew violence as he sat in his mom's car on Minnesota Avenue. To date, no suspects have been apprehended and his mother is on a mission seeking justice. Flyers offering a $25,000 reward have been ripped down at the site where loved ones pay tribute with teddy bears and tears. She has held two marches so far and will not find peace until the person that did this is off the streets and can't harm anyone else. Gun violence is relentless in her neighborhood. Since Brandon was killed, a man was gunned down in her apartment complex and a friend killed in a quadruple shooting at a corner market nearby. She is trying to raise donations for a headstone but hasn't yet been able to visit his gravesite.
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TOLORIA GANT, mother of 23-year old shooting victim Brandon Gant, is surrounded by memories in her apartment that has become a shrine to her beloved boy. Posters, EKG tape and the hospital gown he wore. She recorded his last heartbeats before he passed away in the hospital and now has them in a stuffed dog as a heart wrenching memorial. She journals to him every day. 'I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go.' I'm his voice now,' she says as loved ones take part in a justice march. He had gone out to buy allergy medicine for his mother. Police believe he was an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of crew violence as he sat in his mom's car on Minnesota Avenue. To date, no suspects have been apprehended and his mother is on a mission seeking justice. Flyers offering a $25,000 reward have been ripped down at the site where loved ones pay tribute with teddy bears and tears. She has held two marches so far and will not find peace until the person that did this is off the streets and can't harm anyone else. Gun violence is relentless in her neighborhood. Since Brandon was killed, a man was gunned down in her apartment complex and a friend killed in a quadruple shooting at a corner market nearby. She is trying to raise donations for a headstone but hasn't yet been able to visit his gravesite.
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Toloria Gant, mother of 23-year old shooting victim Brandon Gant, looks at mementos from the hospital as she is surrounded by memories in her apartment that has become a shrine to her beloved boy. Posters, EKG tape and the hospital gown he wore. She recorded his last heartbeats before he passed away in the hospital and now has them in a stuffed dog as a heart wrenching memorial. She journals to him every day. 'I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go.' I'm his voice now,' she says as loved ones take part in a justice march. He had gone out to buy allergy medicine for his mother. Police believe he was an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of crew violence as he sat in his mom's car on Minnesota Avenue. To date, no suspects have been apprehended and his mother is on a mission seeking justice. Flyers offering a $25,000 reward have been ripped down at the site where loved ones pay tribute with teddy bears and tears. She has held two marches so far and will not find peace until the person that did this is off the streets and can't harm anyone else. Gun violence is relentless in her neighborhood. Since Brandon was killed, a man was gunned down in her apartment complex and a friend killed in a quadruple shooting at a corner market nearby. She is trying to raise donations for a headstone but hasn't yet been able to visit his gravesite.
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TOLORIA GANT, mother of 23-year old shooting victim Brandon Gant, looks at mementos from the hospital as she is surrounded by memories in her apartment that has become a shrine to her beloved boy. Posters, EKG tape and the hospital gown he wore. She recorded his last heartbeats before he passed away in the hospital and now has them in a stuffed dog as a heart wrenching memorial. She journals to him every day. 'I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go.' I'm his voice now,' she says as loved ones take part in a justice march. He had gone out to buy allergy medicine for his mother. Police believe he was an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of crew violence as he sat in his mom's car on Minnesota Avenue. To date, no suspects have been apprehended and his mother is on a mission seeking justice. Flyers offering a $25,000 reward have been ripped down at the site where loved ones pay tribute with teddy bears and tears. She has held two marches so far and will not find peace until the person that did this is off the streets and can't harm anyone else. Gun violence is relentless in her neighborhood. Since Brandon was killed, a man was gunned down in her apartment complex and a friend killed in a quadruple shooting at a corner market nearby. She is trying to raise donations for a headstone but hasn't yet been able to visit his gravesite.
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Toloria Gant, mother of 23-year old shooting victim Brandon Gant, looks at mementos from the hospital as she is surrounded by memories in her apartment that has become a shrine to her beloved boy. Posters, EKG tape and the hospital gown he wore. She recorded his last heartbeats before he passed away in the hospital and now has them in a stuffed dog as a heart wrenching memorial. She journals to him every day. 'I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go I can't let you go.' I'm his voice now,' she says as loved ones take part in a justice march. He had gone out to buy allergy medicine for his mother. Police believe he was an innocent victim caught in the crossfire of crew violence as he sat in his mom's car on Minnesota Avenue. To date, no suspects have been apprehended and his mother is on a mission seeking justice. Flyers offering a $25,000 reward have been ripped down at the site where loved ones pay tribute with teddy bears and tears. She has held two marches so far and will not find peace until the person that did this is off the streets and can't harm anyone else. Gun violence is relentless in her neighborhood. Since Brandon was killed, a man was gunned down in her apartment complex and a friend killed in a quadruple shooting at a corner market nearby. She is trying to raise donations for a headstone but hasn't yet been able to visit his gravesite.
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TOLORIA GANT, mother of 23-year old shooting victim Brandon Gant, sits with Christmas gifts as she is surrounded by memories in her apartment that has become a shrine to her beloved boy. The first Christmas without someone is particularly hard. She is trying to raise donations for a headstone but hasn't yet been able to visit his gravesite.
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September 26, 2023 in Washington, DC was shot and killed while leaving classes at Dunbar High School. Loved ones remember 16-year-old gunned down near Dunbar High School. Maurice Jackson, known as Moe J, was shot and killed on September 26, near the intersection of New Jersey Avenue and P Street in Northwest Washington, DC., blocks away from Dunbar High School. A senseless tragedy is how those who knew and loved Maurice Jackson, known as Moe J, described his death. “I’m really devastated, and to be honest, I can’t even think. I don’t have any words. I know my faith is being tested.' an aunt said. She said she didn’t want Jackson's death to go in vain. So she, along with his relatives and friends, decided to light blue candles and release blue balloons, as it was the teen’s favorite color. “He was a lovable person, like I said. Everybody loved him. Everybody loved him, such a good person,' his aunt said. According to police, Jackson was shot and killed while leaving Dunbar High School. Video surveillance showed him talking with another group before a fight broke out. Someone pulled out a gun and fired at the teen, and he can be seen limping across the street. He was rushed to the hospital, where he died. D.C. investigators said they are looking for two suspects in connection with the shooting. “I don’t know the right words to say right now about gun violence. I'm just tired of it, I hate it, it's redundant, it's absurd,' his aunt said. 'To the young kids, to teenagers, when your parents tell you to do something, it's not that they're trying to chastise you or be a mean parent, they're just looking after you.'
© Maurice Jackson, age 16.Shot: September 26, 2023 in Washington, DC was shot and killed while leaving classes at Dunbar High School. Loved ones remember 16-year-old gunned down near Dunbar High School. Maurice Jackson, known as Moe J, was shot and killed on September 26, near the intersection of New Jersey Avenue and P Street in Northwest Washington, DC., blocks away from Dunbar High School. A senseless tragedy is how those who knew and loved Maurice Jackson, known as Moe J, described his death. “I’m really devastated, and to be honest, I can’t even think. I don’t have any words. I know my faith is being tested.' an aunt said. She said she didn’t want Jackson's death to go in vain. So she, along with his relatives and friends, decided to light blue candles and release blue balloons, as it was the teen’s favorite color. “He was a lovable person, like I said. Everybody loved him. Everybody loved him, such a good person,' his aunt said. According to police, Jackson was shot and killed while leaving Dunbar High School. Video surveillance showed him talking with another group before a fight broke out. Someone pulled out a gun and fired at the teen, and he can be seen limping across the street. He was rushed to the hospital, where he died. D.C. investigators said they are looking for two suspects in connection with the shooting. “I don’t know the right words to say right now about gun violence. I'm just tired of it, I hate it, it's redundant, it's absurd,' his aunt said. 'To the young kids, to teenagers, when your parents tell you to do something, it's not that they're trying to chastise you or be a mean parent, they're just looking after you.'

Police officers and homicide detectives examine evidence at the crime scene in the shadow of the US Capitol after 16-year-old Maurice Jackson, a student at nearby Dunbar High School was shot and killed while leaving classes.
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Loved ones embrace at a vigil for 16-year-old Maurice Jackson, a student was shot and killed while leaving classes at Dunbar High School.
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Loved ones release balloons at a vigil for 16-year-old Maurice Jackson, a student was shot and killed while leaving classes at Dunbar High School.
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December 21, 2023 Quadruple Mass Shooting in Washington, DC...A quadruple shooting left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park in DC. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon.
© Trish Harris, age 35. Shot: December 21, 2023 Quadruple Mass Shooting in Washington, DC...A quadruple shooting left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park in DC. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon.

A woman runs screaming 'I want to see my sister,' at the scene of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
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A woman runs screaming 'I want to see my sister,' at the scene of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
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A quadruple shooting left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
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A quadruple shooting left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
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LAMIA ROBINSON weeps as she frantically tries to get information at the scene of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Her cousin John King was shot and having life-saving surgery. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
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Forensics evidence is collected at the scene of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
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Forensics evidence is collected at the scene of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
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Forensics evidence is collected at the scene of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
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Forensics evidence is collected at the scene of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
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Forensics evidence is collected at the scene of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
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Forensics evidence is collected at the scene of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
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A quadruple shooting left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
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A quadruple shooting left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
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A quadruple shooting left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
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Forensics evidence is collected at the scene of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
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Forensics evidence is collected at the scene of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

A quadruple shooting left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
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A quadruple shooting left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

A quadruple shooting left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

A quadruple shooting left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

A quadruple shooting left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

A quadruple shooting left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

A quadruple shooting left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

A quadruple shooting left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

A quadruple shooting left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

A quadruple shooting left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

A quadruple shooting left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

A quadruple shooting left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
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A vigil is held for Trish Harris, victim of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

A vigil is held for Trish Harris, victim of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

A vigil is held for Trish Harris, victim of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
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A vigil is held for Trish Harris, victim of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

A vigil is held for Trish Harris, victim of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
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A vigil is held for Trish Harris, victim of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

A vigil is held for Trish Harris, victim of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

A vigil is held for Trish Harris, victim of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
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A vigil is held for Trish Harris, victim of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
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A vigil is held for Trish Harris, victim of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
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A vigil is held for Trish Harris, victim of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Trish Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
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Loved ones dance after a Celebration of Life vigil held for Trish Harris, victim of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
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Loved ones dance after a Celebration of Life vigil held for Trish Harris, victim of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

Loved ones dance after a Celebration of Life vigil held for Trish Harris, victim of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

Loved ones dance after a Celebration of Life vigil held for Trish Harris, victim of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

Loved ones dance after a Celebration of Life vigil held for Trish Harris, victim of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

Loved ones dance after a Celebration of Life vigil held for Trish Harris, victim of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

Loved ones dance after a Celebration of Life vigil held for Trish Harris, victim of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

Loved ones dance after a Celebration of Life vigil held for Trish Harris, victim of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

Loved ones dance after a Celebration of Life vigil held for Trish Harris, victim of a quadruple shooting that left two dead and two critically wounded at the Friendly Food corner market near Nationals Park. Harris, 35, died at the scene and leaves behind three children just days before the Christmas holiday. Also killed was Tyrone Jacobs, 24, whose son will turn 5 on New Year's Eve. It is suspected a vehicle that had been carjacked was used in the killing. It was later found torched. Dozens of shell casings littered the road and sidewalk, and large bullet holes tore through a mural on the wall of the market after the gunfire erupted around noon. Days later a small sad memorial grew on the spot where Trish lay dead. 'See those holes,' say a neighbor. 'Imagine what that gun did to someone's head.' A worker tending to a parked car with shattered glass spoke about moving here from the Middle East. 'Every day there we see people shot in the street, I don't want to see this here,' he said sadly. This brings the death toll in DC to 267, a 36 percent increase from last year. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide to date.
© Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press Wire

Kylis Fagemi, 20. Brandon Gant, 23. Trish Harris, 35. Bryson Hudson, 16. Maurice Jackson, 16. NEVER FORGET!
© Kylis Fagemi, 20. Brandon Gant, 23. Trish Harris, 35. Bryson Hudson, 16. Maurice Jackson, 16. NEVER FORGET!

Published SUNDAY, December 31, 2023: 'GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC' Pictures by 4 time Pulitzer Prize winning ZUMA Press photographer Carol Guzy: To lose a child is like a heart ripped from the chest - the hardest and most unnatural loss. That awful phone call in the middle of the night. Remembering their last words. Too often it is young people doing the shooting - and doing the dying. In record numbers. Historically underserved communities and racial inequities contribute to a culture of gun violence with a disproportionate number of African Americans dead or incarcerated. Counselors talk about a higher proportion of emotional trauma that perpetually injures the soul. It leads to a loss of hope that kills as much as any bullet. According to the Gun Violence Archive, to date there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide, which doesn’t include individual street incidents that occur daily in cities like DC and Baltimore. Total number of deaths by guns is 33,886 - 1,378 teens and 295 children under 12. Homicides in the nation's capital surpassed 200 recently, up 35% from last year. As policy-makers debate gun control especially concerning assault weapons - the body count increases with innocents caught in the crossfire.
© zReportage.com Issue #921 Story of the Week: Published SUNDAY, December 31, 2023: 'GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC' Pictures by 4 time Pulitzer Prize winning ZUMA Press photographer Carol Guzy: To lose a child is like a heart ripped from the chest - the hardest and most unnatural loss. That awful phone call in the middle of the night. Remembering their last words. Too often it is young people doing the shooting - and doing the dying. In record numbers. Historically underserved communities and racial inequities contribute to a culture of gun violence with a disproportionate number of African Americans dead or incarcerated. Counselors talk about a higher proportion of emotional trauma that perpetually injures the soul. It leads to a loss of hope that kills as much as any bullet. According to the Gun Violence Archive, to date there have been 650 mass shootings nationwide, which doesn’t include individual street incidents that occur daily in cities like DC and Baltimore. Total number of deaths by guns is 33,886 - 1,378 teens and 295 children under 12. Homicides in the nation's capital surpassed 200 recently, up 35% from last year. As policy-makers debate gun control especially concerning assault weapons - the body count increases with innocents caught in the crossfire.