First Place, Spot News - Robert K. Yosay / The (Youngstown) VindicatorFamily members hold each other back as they find out their father was shot dead in the street.
Second Place, Spot News - Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus DispatchA man comforts a distraught woman at the scene of a fatal shooting in the 4100 block of Larry Place.
Third Place, Spot News - Kyle Robertson / The Columbus DispatchIzabella Thomas, 8, prays for a 10-year-old boy who died after shooting himself in the head in the 5100 block of Scioto Darby Road in Hilliard. Izabella lives across the street from where the boy was shot. Izabella said, "I don't like to hear about people being shot, it makes me sad. I hope that little boy has a happy life in heaven."
Award of Excellence, Spot News - Erin McLaughlin / Sandusky RegisterMargaretta Township firefighters help an occupant out of a nursing home van after it crashed into a ditch on Homegardner Road, near the intersection of Maple Avenue. No injuries were reported.
