Le Journal de la Photographie

Melody Ross's father, Vannaret, throws himself onto his daughter's coffin as pallbearers look on. Racked by pain and disbelief, Melody's family and friends struggle to make sense of the sixteen year old being killed by a stray bullet fired by a gangmember. "Every kid our age -we don't ever think...

Melody Ross's father, Vannaret, throws himself onto his daughter's coffin as pallbearers look on. Racked by pain and disbelief, Melody's family and friends struggle to make sense of the sixteen year old being killed by a stray bullet fired by a gangmember. "Every kid our age -we don't ever think...

Barbara Davidson Melody Ross's father, Vannaret, throws himself onto his daughter's coffin as pallbearers look on. Racked by pain and disbelief, Melody's family and friends struggle to make sense of the sixteen year old being killed by a stray bullet fired by a gangmember. "Every kid our age -we don't ever think... Barbara Davidson Returning to school after a months absence from being shot, Erica Miranda, 10, gets a bear hug from one of her teachers as students look on and giggle. "We're glad to have you back, Erica," her classmates said. "We prayed for you." © Barbara Davidson Barbara Davidson Tori Rowles (center) at the burial service for Melody Ross. Tori and Melody were inseparable and had planned to go to college together. Tori was next to Melody when she was hit by a stray bullet after a football game. © Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times Barbara Davidson In the days after Melody's death, there were candlelight vigils as well as bake sales to help raise money for the funeral. In Melody's honor, songs and raps were written, filmed and sent over the Internet. Thousands of mourners poured their emotions out on a memorial Web page, communicating with ... Barbara Davidson Rose Smith was shot on her front doorstep in a South Los Angeles housing project, caught in the crossfire of rival gangs. With two young children and a baby on the way, when the bullets tore through her arms, broke her jaw, and left her paralysed from the waist down, she thought God, please don... Barbara Davidson Albert, left, and Maddox play near where their brother was killed. "He always talks about the guys that did it," Glee said of Albert. "And he is always talking about the police. When are the police going to catch him? Why haven't they caught him?. And we have to explain that to him the best we... Barbara Davidson Pastor Wyman Jones, of Sweet Hill Baptist Church in South Los Angeles, carries a wooden cross through the Nickerson Gardens public housing complex to protest gang violence. Police have said the recent violence was linked to a civil war of sorts within the Bounty Hunters, for years the dominant ...