Frank Cushing : Boy Gunman and Hostage Photographer

Boy Gunman and Hostage

Photographer: Frank Cushing

Year: 1948 Pulitzer

In 1948, Frank Cushing was photographing domestic violence victims in
Boston when he heard a police radio alert.  Two police officers had stopped
a 15-year-old boy named Ed Bancroft to question him about a robbery that
had taken place.  Bancroft pulled out a gun and shot one of the officers.  He
then took 15-year-old Bill Ronan hostage and ran into a nearby alley.  Frank
abandoned his assignment and went to investigate the scene.

He calculated which house would give him the best vantage point and
knocked on a door.  The owner let him in and Frank made his way to the rear
porch and took the photo that won him the Pulitzer.  Ed Bancroft was
eventually knocked unconscious by an officer who had snuck up behind the
fence.  

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