Dealing with Grief on the Front Page

Before I read the headline or anything else in the article, this photo really drew my attention to the centerpiece.
The photo itself not overly dramatic, it is just realistic, and to me, very touching. It reminded me of the way my relatives reacted to deaths in our family, so I could almost feel this woman's pain over the loss of her son (if that were possible). I thought the image was well cropped and placed, and I liked that the editor included a small mugshot of the son to give a face to the victim. I also liked the kicker quote above the headline.

It is actually the headline that I had an issue with. There's no reason to describe for us the way the woman feels, because I think the photo speaks for itself. I think the kicker adds enough emotion, so the headline could have been more straightforward.

The headline may have simply paraphrased a quote in the article, but I don't see an attribution, and a journalist should be careful not to make assumptions the way a person feels, even if it may be obvious.

Maybe I'm wrong--maybe it set the tone for the article. I just think the headline was an overkill, and that it almost sensationalized a serious matter that was emotional enough to begin with.