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Summer of the Gun
Summer of the Gun
WTOP Staff
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August 23, 2013, 6:55 PM
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Photographer J.M. Giordano is chronicling the spate of summertime shootings plaguing Baltimore.
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Crime scene
A neighbor looks over the bloody clothes of a 7-year-old who was shot in a
triple shooting
. The boy survived, but is recovering from serious injuries.
(Courtesy J.M. Giordano)
Courtesy J.M. Giordano
Grieving woman
Dominique holds a photo of her late brother, Davon Ockimey, 26, who was killed July 2.
"I try to pull these people out of their landscapes and show them in a more human light," J.M. Giordano says.
(Courtesy J.M. Giordano)
Courtesy J.M. Giordano
Suspect
This woman was arrested at the scene where a 7-year-old was shot. Police would not say if she was involved in the shooting.
"I love the shadows on the wall," Giordano says of the photograph.
(Courtesy J.M. Giordano)
Courtesy J.M. Giordano
Crying woman
Mary Davis, family friend of 26-year-old Davon Ockimey, grieves after he was fatally shot in the chest in the 4200 block of Pimlico Road.
"She was crying and she didn't stop me, so I kept shooting," Giordano says.
He called her a week later to check up on her and Ockimey's family. They invited Giordano to the funeral.
(Courtesy J.M. Giordano)
Courtesy J.M. Giordano
Fainting woman
A woman faints when she hears that one of the men involved in a shooting was her son.
(Courtesy J.M. Giordano)
Courtesy J.M. Giordano
Wayne
Fourteen-year-old Wayne is a resident of the South Baltimore neighborhood where a man was shot in the neck.
(Courtesy J.M. Giordano)
Courtesy J.M. Giordano
Goodbye kiss
Since starting the "Summer of the Gun" series, Giordano has been approached by Al-Jazeera, WAMU and The Baltimore Sun. Despite the media attention, Giordano says the violence continues and Baltimore remains captive.
"The cops are stretched so thin," Giordano says. "I don't know if any of this matters whatsoever."
(Courtesy J.M. Giordano)
Courtesy J.M. Giordano
Forgotten shoes
"They always leave behind shoes," Giordano says of crime scenes.
Hats and jackets are also removed when someone is put on a stretcher. This is a photo of those remains.
(Courtesy J.M. Giordano)
Courtesy J.M. Giordano
Gunshot
Montae Higgins, 20, was killed July 15 in Irvington. Giordano says this crime scene was especially challenging when he found himself inside a courtyard, with no police presence and no outsiders around.
"I was the only white guy, and people just started talking to me, asking me where I worked."
Eventually, the crowd relaxed and Giordano was able to get some shots.
(Courtesy J.M. Giordano)
Courtesy J.M. Giordano
Lone officer
"I try to find out the name of the victim first," Giordano says. "It beats asking 'How do you know the victim' or something impersonal like that."
(Courtesy J.M. Giordano)
Courtesy J.M. Giordano
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