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First Place, Team Picture Story - Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus DispatchThe gate behind a house on Hoffman Avenue that was knocked down by Tyre King, 13, and his friend Demetrius Braxton, 19, on Sept. 14, 2016 as they fled from Columbus Police. King was fatally shot as he pulled a gun, which turned out to be a BB gun, from his waistband during the incident. Protests and pleas from the black community ensued following King's death.
First Place, Team Picture Story - Fred Squillante / The Columbus DispatchDuring a press conference on Sept. 15 at City Hall, Columbus Police Chief Kim Jacobs holds a photo of the kind of BB gun used by 13-year-old Tyre King, who was shot multiple times by officer Bryan Mason.
First Place, Team Picture Story - Kyle Robertson / The Columbus DispatchRev Susan Smith speaks a vigil for 13-year-old Tyre King after he was shot and killed yesterday by Columbus Police in Columbus, Ohio on Sept. 15, 2016.
First Place, Team Picture Story - Kyle Robertson / The Columbus DispatchFamily and friends holds each other during a vigil for 13-year-old Tyre King after he was shot and killed by Columbus Police in Columbus, Ohio on Sept. 15, 2016.
First Place, Team Picture Story - / The Columbus Dispatch(From Left) Rachelle Dulan, of Columbus, and Ali Rizvi, of Columbus, relight candles at a shrine in memory of Tyre King near the intersection of S. 18th St. and Madison Ave. in Columbus on Sept. 15, 2016. King, 13, was shot and killed by a Columbus police officer while holding a BB gun that closely resembled a real handgun.
First Place, Team Picture Story - Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus DispatchAmber Evans, lead organizer for the People's Justice Project, waits to speak during a rally in response to the fatal police shooting of 13-year-old Tyre King at City Hall on Sept. 19, 2016.
First Place, Team Picture Story - Fred Squillante / The Columbus DispatchMourners stand outside of the First Church of God after the funeral service for Tyre King on Sept. 24, 2016.
First Place, Team Picture Story - Jonathan Quilter / The Columbus DispatchHana Abdur-Rahim raises her fist while standing on a desk after protesters stormed the Columbus City Council stage on Sept. 26, chanting demands of justice for Tyre King and the end of the police summer safety initiative as council members evacuated their chamber.After they interrupted and took over the stage, council members left and police came in before they also left and waited in the hallway outside the chambers.
First Place, Team Picture Story - Adam Cairns / The Columbus DispatchA crowd gathers around Roberta Ferguson, the aunt of Tyre King, outside the Franklin County building and Prosecutor Ron O'Brien's office during a peaceful protest about racial injustice put on by People's Justice Project on Oct. 3, 2016. The group attempted to deliver a letter to the prosecutor demanding an independent investigation into the deaths of Tyre King and Henry Green.
First Place, Team Picture Story - Adam Cairns / The Columbus DispatchProtestors kneel with fists raised outside the Franklin County building and Prosecutor Ron O'Brien's office during a peaceful protest about racial injustice put on by People's Justice Project on Oct. 3, 2016. The group attempted to deliver a letter to the prosecutor demanding an independent investigation into the deaths of Tyre King and Henry Green.
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Award of Excellence, Team Picture Story - Joshua A. Bickel / The Columbus DispatchOn Dec. 8, former Ohio senator and astronaut John Glenn died at the age of 95. He was remembered at ceremonies across the state before his casket was sent to its final resting place in Arlington, Virginia. Guests raise their candles as they sing during a memorial service commemorating Glenn's life on Sunday, December 11, 2016 at Westminster Presbyterian Church in New Concord, Ohio. Glenn, a native of New Concord, was the first man to orbit the Earth and later served as a U.S. Senator from Ohio.
Award of Excellence, Team Picture Story - Joshua A. Bickel / The Columbus DispatchA sign outside Riesbeck's grocery store commemorates the life and death of native son John Glenn before a Memorial Service on Sunday, December 11, 2016 at Westminster Presbyterian Church in New Concord, Ohio.
Award of Excellence, Team Picture Story - Kyle Robertson / The Columbus DispatchThe Columbus Blue Jackets NHL hockey team pays tribute to John Glenn before their game against New York Islanders at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio on December 10, 2016.
Award of Excellence, Team Picture Story - Adam Cairns / The Columbus DispatchWarren Motts, 76, of Groveport pays his respects to former astronaut and senator John Glenn as his body lies in honor in the rotunda of the Ohio Statehouse on Dec. 16, 2016. Glenn died on Dec. 8 at the age of 95.
Award of Excellence, Team Picture Story - Adam Cairns / The Columbus DispatchAnnie Glenn, widow of former astronaut and senator John Glenn, pays her respects to her late husband as his body lies in honor in the rotunda of the Ohio Statehouse on Dec. 16, 2016. High school sweethearts, the Glenns were married for 73 years.
Award of Excellence, Team Picture Story - Adam Cairns / The Columbus DispatchPrior to leaving for the night, volunteers from the Ohio National Guard salute former astronaut and senator John Glenn as his body lies in honor in the rotunda of the Ohio Statehouse on Dec. 16, 2016. Glenn died on Dec. 8 at the age of 95. The volunteers spent the day corralling visitors to the statehouse.
Award of Excellence, Team Picture Story - Adam Cairns / The Columbus DispatchMarines stand guard around the casket of astronaut and senator John Glenn as his body lies in honor in the rotunda of the Ohio Statehouse on Dec. 16, 2016. Glenn died on Dec. 8 at the age of 95.
Award of Excellence, Team Picture Story - Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus DispatchSen. John Glenn's body was carried from the Ohio Statehouse and driven north on High Street with an escort of fifty Marines and members of the Columbus Police Department leading the hearse to Mershon Auditorium on Saturday, December 17, 2016.
Award of Excellence, Team Picture Story - Barbara J. Perenic / The Columbus DispatchPaul Valenti of Powell holds an America flag as the hearse carrying Sen. John Glenn's body passes by at the corner of Broad and High Streets on its way to Mershon Auditorium on Saturday, December 17, 2016.
Award of Excellence, Team Picture Story - Brooke LaValley / The Columbus DispatchUnited Stated Vice President Joe Biden wipes a tear from his eye during the "Celebrating a Life of Service 1921-2016" memorial service for John H. Glenn at the Mershon Auditorium on The Ohio State University campus in Columbus, Ohio on December 17, 2016.
