The Wire actor Chris Clanton has said he feared he would die like his character after being shot last week. Clanton – who was known for playing Savino Bratton on HBO’s hit crime series – was injured last Thursday (29 May) when he was shot on Eierman Avenue in north east Baltimore.
Speaking to Fox 5 News Baltimore, as reported by The New York Post, the actor recalled that “a shot went out and before I knew it I was blown up against a car”.
The bullet pierced his ear with fragments becoming lodged in his head, Clanton told the news outlet. The actor’s character Savino was a recurring role in season five of the David Simon show.
Savino was later shot by Omar Little (played by Michael K Williams) on the streets of Baltimore in an act of retaliation.