Daily News | A portrait project for victims of gun violence shows trauma knows no bounds
The exhibit was supposed to be up for about a month, but six years later it has expanded, with volunteer artists creating well over 100 portraits. That number represents a fraction of the people affected by gun violence, but
It was a sad commentary on the state of Philadelphia, and another milepost of our city’s soaring gun violence epidemic. Two months after her son’s death, Crump and her family returned to the site where he was shot for a vigil when they were targeted by bullets coming from a passing car. No one was killed, but several family members, including Crump, sustained serious injuries. She still has a bullet lodged in her right thigh.
“It’s humbling to meet someone whose loss was so profound, so near, and so recent, and for them to open up about it,” he said. Standing next to the portrait, she recalled what she was feeling when it was taken: “Hurt, anger, disbelief, shock, numbness …”
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