being naked was worse that being shot…

I was working “c” squad in Mid-City in the early 2000’s. I couple of cops on my squad were at a police storefront on University Ave doing paperwork when they heard about a dozen gunshots from about a block away. They put out the shots fired and many units responded. They found two males in the back area of an apartment complex. They had each been shot once or twice and the first cops there checked for wounds. One of the guys was only 17yrs old and the female cop checking him took all his clothing off him. I showed up with my Polaroid camera to document the wounds. I had to split up his photos to keep his exposed groin out of the photos. I still remember the kid lying nude with dozens of people looking down on him from 2nd story windows and from the dozens of people in the crowd. A couple other cops caught one of the shooting suspects a few blocks away. He still had the 9mm handgun on him. I told the female cop that we don’t remove all a victims clothing to check for wounds, the medics will cut clothing away if necessary. She said it was her first time with a gunshot victim and she got a little excited…Neither victim died.