Recent Examples on the WebDuring the gunfight Porter was hit and later airlifted from the scene.—Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 5 May 2024 Expand All Countless memorials have been written this week for the four officers slain in a Charlotte gunfight, but one stands out for its simplicity and focus on details only a child would notice.—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 2 May 2024 In the house at the center of the gunfight, investigators would find a .40 caliber pistol and an AR-15-style assault rifle, the same kind of gun at the center of the nation’s gun-rights debate.—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024 The conflict led to a gunfight at the corner of 4th and J Streets in Sacramento.—Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 28 Apr. 2024 The mishaps include mud slides, equipment failures that trapped patrons for hours on a sky lift and a 2013 incident in which one of the park’s cowboys was wounded by a real bullet during a fake gunfight, the Observer reported in 2017.—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2024 Two corrections officers were shot during the gunfight.—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024 Two uniformed police officers, who were moonlighting at the bar as security, engaged in a gunfight with the suspect, who was killed in the March 24 incident, according to police.—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2024 There’s a mass indoor gunfight (screaming, blood spatters), and a daughter watches her dad get beaten to death while a crowd jeers, his face bloodied and mangled.—Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
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