First Place, News Picture Story - Kurt Steiss / The Blade, “Dayton Shooting”Summary: In the early hours of Aug. 4, 2019, a 24-year-old gunman opened fire on an entertainment district in Dayton, Ohio, killing nine only 13 hours after a mass shooting took place in El Paso, Texas, killing 22. Dayton came together in the following hours and days to heal in the face of tragedy. Dayton resident Donna Johnson, front, whose nephew Thomas McNichols was killed in the shooting, receives a hug from Caleb White, also from Dayton, back, during a vigil at Levitt Pavilion Dayton in Dayton, Ohio, on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019. The afternoon vigil was held after a mass shooting took place overnight in the Oregon District.
First Place, News Picture Story - Kurt Steiss / The Blade, “Dayton Shooting”A police officer walks by in a parking lot behind Ned Peppers in the Oregon District in Dayton, Ohio, on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019.
First Place, News Picture Story - Kurt Steiss / The Blade, “Dayton Shooting”Flowers sit in a bullet hole in a building's window during an evening vigil held in the Oregon District in Dayton, Ohio, on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019.
First Place, News Picture Story - Kurt Steiss / The Blade, “Dayton Shooting”Annette Gibson-Strong, from Dayton, sheds tears as she speaks to the media outside Ned Peppers at the Oregon District in Dayton, Ohio, on Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. She had taken it upon herself to take care of the makeshift memorial.
First Place, News Picture Story - Kurt Steiss / The Blade, “Dayton Shooting”U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, back right, listens as Dayton Police Chief Richard Biehl gives a briefing to the media about the mass shooting during a press conference at Dayton Convention Center in Dayton, Ohio, on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019.
First Place, News Picture Story - Kurt Steiss / The Blade, “Dayton Shooting”Basim Blunt, from Yellow Springs, Ohio, prays near wreathes set up for each of the victims of the mass shooting before an evening vigil held in the Oregon District in Dayton, Ohio, on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019.
First Place, News Picture Story - Kurt Steiss / The Blade, “Dayton Shooting”A woman, who did not want to be identified, pays her respect at a makeshift memorial outside Ned Peppers at the Oregon District in Dayton, Ohio, on Monday, Aug. 5, 2019.
First Place, News Picture Story - Kurt Steiss / The Blade, “Dayton Shooting”Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine walks through a sliver of light as he arrives ahead of a press conference with wife, Fran, at the Dayton Convention Center in Dayton, Ohio, on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019.
First Place, News Picture Story - Kurt Steiss / The Blade, “Dayton Shooting”A man lights another man's candle during an evening vigil held in the Oregon District in Dayton, Ohio, on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019.
First Place, News Picture Story - Kurt Steiss / The Blade, “Dayton Shooting”Dignitaries including Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley, right, raise their candles during an evening vigil held in the Oregon District in Dayton, Ohio, on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019.
First Place, News Picture Story - Kurt Steiss / The Blade, “Dayton Shooting”People crowd in on the street during an evening vigil held in the Oregon District in Dayton, Ohio, on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019.
