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Chris Clanton BALTIMORE, MD (WEAA) — Chris Clanton, an actor known for his role in the television series, “The Wire”, became a victim of Baltimore’s gun violence last week.   The 35-year-old was shot in the ear just before 7 p.m. on Eierman Avenue near Cottman Avenue.     “ 30mins before I was shot, my son and I were in the 7-11. He picked up this $5 juice and naturally I was shocked at the price. A officer patrolling that area was in there and paid for the juice for him. Not because I couldn’t but because he wanted to buy it for my son. 

'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 ga...

Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Check out what's clicking today in entertainment. Actor Chris Clanton is speaking out after recently surviving a shooting in Baltimore – the crime-plagued city where he appeared in "The Wire," a 2002-2008 TV series about the city’s drug trade and other urban ills. A bullet pierced one of his ears and left fragments in his head, Clanton told Baltimore’s FOX 45 about the shooting, which happened around 7 p.m. last Thursday. Clanton said he thought he was going to die. He said the impact from the shot knocked him up against...

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.