Being a newspaper photographer, you see a lot of stuff...bad stuff. The homicides, crime scenes, memorial services, and funerals were always constant and never ending. The moment you get the call to go to one of these events, you know you will see raw emotions of family and friends as families are torn apart right before your lens. All photographed for www.PittsburghLive.com PGP-WRECKAGE-18A Pennsylvania State Police Officer walks towards the mangled wreckage of an automobile on the Parkway East, below the 10th Street Bridge, around 9:30 a.m. Jan. 17, 2000. The driver had to be extricated before being taken to a local hospital. EDS NOTE: JENN MCGINNIS IS WORKING ON GATHERING MORE INFO> PGP-HOMICIDE28-2Grieving family members arrive at Hill Ave. in Wilkinsburg, PA March 27, 2005 as they await word on if a member of their family was the fatally shot victim inside. Word soon arrived from county homicide that it was their loved one.
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PGP-HOMICIDE28-2 PGP Memorial 10 25Pennsylvania State Troopers give one final salute to the three fallen Pittsburgh police officers at the Petersen Events Center during a public memorial service in Oakland Thursday, April 9, 2009. Officers Eric Kelly, Stephen Mayhle and Paul Sciullo II were gunned down after responding to a domestic call last Saturday. (Philip G. Pavely / Tribune-Review)
PGP Memorial 10 25 PGP-CARRICK17-2Students gather in front of Carrick High School March 16, 2005 as word spreads of a triple shooting, including one fatal.
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