I have just finished my morning workout when I see the alert: Man shot outside Manhattan hotel.

Huh, I think as the dread creeps in. Shootings in New York are rarely Breaking News.

Moments later, the update and the ah-ha: He was a health insurance executive and (an inescapable detail given the front-page image on this front-page story) he was white.

BlogTamara CherryDecember 22, 2024homicide, Gun ViolenceComment

Listen: Homicide survivor pleads for help to solve son's 2016 murder

Evelyn Fox and Tamara Cherry join host Alex Pierson to talk about grief, hope and the desperation of victims to propel their investigations forward. Evelyn’s son Kiesingar Gunn would have turned 30 this weekend, if not for a stray bullet outside a Toronto nightclub nearly four years ago. His homicide remains unsolved.

In the NewsTamara CherryApril 30, 2020Family Appeal, Media Coverage, Victims, Justice, Cold Case, Homicide, Gun Violence

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Toronto homicide victim Kiesingar Gunn would have turned 30 this week. It's time to find his killer.

CampaignTamara CherryApril 29, 2020Pickup CommunicationsHomicide, Cold Case, Gun Violence, Unsolved, Family Appeal, Video Appeal

Toronto Star Op-Ed: Living in fear is not new in some Toronto communities

Long before the COVID-19 pandemic forced Torontonians indoors, many residents socially isolated for fear of being shot, Tamara Cherry writes in this Toronto Star op-ed.