Getty photographer Chris Hondros was killed on Wednesday after coming under fire in the besieged Libyan town of Misurata.
Hondros and Oscar-nominated filmmaker and photographer Tim Hetherington, who was also killed, were among a group who came under fire on Tripoli Street, a main thoroughfare and scene of fighting between rebels and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.
Doctors at a hospital in Misurata had said Hetherington had died while Hondros was in critical condition. Getty Images later released a statement saying Hondros had died of his injuries. Spanish photographer Guillermo Cervera said the group had been trying to leave Tripoli street when they came under fire.
Hondros covered major conflicts including Kosovo, Angola, Sierra Leone, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Kashmir, the West Bank, Iraq and Liberia, according to his website. He received multiple awards including the 2005 Robert Capa gold medal. His work in Liberia earned him a Pulitzer Prize nomination.
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