gun down

phrasal verb

gunned down; gunning down; guns down
: to shoot (someone) with a gun
He was gunned down in the street.

Examples of gun down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Singh gunned down his father-in-law who was asleep in bed and executed his wife while standing overtop of her, prosecutors said. Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 10 May 2024 She’s knocked on doors in the north side neighborhood where he was gunned down, hoping to find surveillance footage of the shooting. Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 6 May 2024 When a third child intervened, the boy put the gun down, and in doing so, accidentally fired the shotgun, hitting the 5-year-old in the head, records show. Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 3 May 2024 Gurpreet Singh’s second murder trial began Monday in Butler County Common Pleas Court – five years and one day after his family was gunned down inside a West Chester Township apartment. Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 30 Apr. 2024 When 12 students and one teacher were gunned down in a mass shooting at Columbine High School in 1999, the tragic event marked a turning point for America. Doc Louallen, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2024 After a former student gunned down six people at a Christian elementary school in Nashville last year, Tennessee lawmakers passed a controversial bill in the state Senate that would allow some teachers to go armed in classrooms. Kelly Puente, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024 Oakland police officers on Wednesday killed a man accused of gunning down a woman in south Sacramento last month as authorities sought to arrest him at an Oakland home. Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 18 Apr. 2024 Authorities in New York City said shooters riding on scooters gunned down four people on Tuesday evening, leaving one dead and three others injured. Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 17 Apr. 2024

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“Gun down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gun%20down. Accessed 17 May. 2024.

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