Good kid buried on 16th. Birthday.

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20090212-PN13-DAVIS04-JG.jpgThis was the second funeral I've covered in as many days, and while each one is sad, this was by far the most sad. In fact, today was one of the saddest moments I've ever photographed.

According to everyone Ezra Davis was a good kid, yet someone gunned him down in front of his Long Beach home. To top it off, his parents had to bury him on his 16th. birthday.

During the funeral the entire church, about 200 people, sang Happy Birthday to the boy's casket.

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May I have some proof of this "youth's goodness...

I was at the furneral and I like how you respected and handle the request that were made by the family. I'm a cousin.

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This blog is a journal of Southern California, through the lens of Jeff Gritchen. It's updated frequently with pictures, photo tips and musings from the various assignments he covers as a staff photographer for the Press-Telegram and Torrance Daily Breeze.

Gritchen has been documenting the diverse city of Long Beach since 1998. He covers everything from the Cambodian community to prep sports to gang ridden neighborhoods to the annual running of the Long Beach Grand Prix. He covered destruction Hurricane Katrina brought to Long Beach, Mississippi and traveled to Southeast Asia to document a rural Cambodian girl's as she traveled to the U.S. for life-altering heart surgery. He has won numerous state and national awards, including an international NPPA Best of Photojournalism award in 2003 and Best News Photo from the Los Angeles Press Club in 2010. In 2011, the photo staffs of the Long Beach Press-Telegram and Torrance Daily Breeze merged. Now he covers all of Southern Los Angeles County. He can be contacted at
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