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When a good friend in Baltimore said he was offering a final haircut to a client who had been killed by gun violence, Chaseedaw Giles knew she had to write the story. Her article , and Giles, the social media manager for KHN, later spoke with .
鈥淭here was no one in the barbershop who hadn鈥檛 either been shot themselves, including the barber who had been shot before, or known someone that had been shot. And it was just kind of this sense of acceptance that, you know, this is what life is like in West Baltimore,鈥� Giles told WBAL radio host Bryan Nehman.
When barber Antoine Dow went to the funeral home to give a final haircut to one client, the trauma to the young man鈥檚 skull was so severe Dow didn鈥檛 recognize him.
鈥淗e didn鈥檛 look like himself. I had to ask was this the right person, and they said, 鈥榊es, this is the right person,鈥欌�� Dow said. 鈥淭here wasn鈥檛 much I could do. So I did the best I could.鈥�
Dow is committed to running his business as a safe space for the neighborhood.