These are the gunshots in your neighborhood: blogging murder

In a recent post on Blogging.la, contributor Will Campbell documents recent shooting deaths in his neighborhood, maps them, and links them to media coverage.

"I live in an area of Los Angeles where trashcans urge us to love one another [and] obituaries are scrawled in spraypaint on the steps of public stairways," writes Will, "So while I'm no native to these streets I'm no newcomer either(…) [T]here have been several [murders] in my immediate vicinity since I moved here in August of 2004. The most recent one was Tuesday evening."

Link to Will's post, which includes a photoset of phonecam snaps taken during a walk around the 'hood with his dog.