© Grace Hollars, Grace Hollars/IndyStar Keyana Dunlap hugs a chum on the funeral for her son, Keon Dunlap, January 9, 2021, in a church on the Eastside of Indianapolis. Dunlap was murdered at a fuel station on the 3800 block of Emerson Ave in December 2020. On Dec., 18, 2020, Keon Dunlap become shot and killed on the east side of Indianapolis, marking the metropolis's 205th crook homicide in 2020.
In a year when Indianapolis had a total of 215 criminal homicide victims — essentially the most recorded in a single yr in the city — IndyStar got down to put a face to the numbers.
IndyStar has been following Dunlap's household via their grief and as they locate a brand new means forward.
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IndyStar editors took the atypical step of together with an image of Dunlap in his casket with the story. It turned into no longer a choice taken calmly, but editors felt it become crucial that victims of homicide are remembered as greater than just a number in a knowledge set. Keon lived and he was cherished. His dying is actual and it is devastating.
© Grace Hollars/IndyStar people collect to mourn the lack of Keon Dunlap Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, at a small church on the east aspect of Indianapolis. Dunlap, 19, was killed in a Dec. 18, 2020, shooting within the 5200 block of East thirty eighth highway. Dunlap's loss of life turned into the 205th criminal homicide of 2020. Confronting the human cost of our murder epidemic is uncomfortable and worrying. but it is critical if we're to remedy these problems.
Contact IndyStar Senior Visuals Editor Max Gersh at max.gersh@indystar.com. follow him on Twitter @pd_cameraman.
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