Could 12 strangers agree on justice in Baltimore, a city riddled with killings and distrust of the police, in a shooting case where the victim was an actor on the legendary drama “The Wire”?
The Wire actor Chris Clanton speaks out after being shot in Baltimore in strange parallel to TV show
The actor also revealed that his son was not far from where the gunfire took place.
May 7, 2021 12:12 BST The Wire actor Chris Clanton, whose character Savino Bratton was shot dead in the show, is opening up how he feared the same would happen to him when he was subjected to gun violence last month.
In a strange parallel to what happened to his character in the HBO series, Clanton was shot on April 29 on Eeirman Avenue near Bel Air Road in Baltimore, the same city where his character, a gangster, was shot dead. In the real-life incident, the bullet pierced his ear, while its fragments are still lodged in his head.
Mr. Clanton said he still can’t hear out of his left ear after a bullet pierced it and left fragments in his head.
“I am pissed,” he said. “I am pissed, because it’s uncalled for. My son was not far from this incident. He was in the vicinity. Luckily, he didn’t see what happened.”
“I’m from here, I love it,” he said. “Like, this is where I’m from. I’ll always embrace it, but something has to change.”
Mr. Clanton said he doesn’t believe he was the intended target of the gunfire, and that a Baltimore police officer’s quick response saved his life.
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The Wire actor Chris Clanton is shot in Baltimore in strange parallel as his TV character was killed in same city
Bernadette Giacomazzo, Reporter
Updated: May 6 2021, 11:12 ET
Bernadette Giacomazzo, Reporter
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THE Wire actor Chris Clanton was shot in Baltimore last month - in a strange parallel as his TV character was shot dead in the same city.
Clanton – whose character Savino Bratton was shot dead in Season 5 of the show – revealed that he, too, has become a victim of gun violence.
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Clanton s character of Savino Bratton (in yellow) was shot dead on the show in season five.Credit: YouTube
Something has to change: The Wire actor whose character was shot dead in Baltimore-based show blasts city s spiraling crime crisis after being shot in the ear in unprovoked attack
Actor Chris Clanton, who played Savino Bratton in the HBO series The Wire, was shot in the ear in Baltimore on April 29
His character was shot dead by gunman Omar Little in the show, with Clanton now horrified to have fallen victim to a shooting in real life
He was struck in the North East of the city while with his young son, and believes the attack was unprovoked