: a hostile encounter in which antagonists with guns shoot at each other
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There was a gunfight between the rival gangs.
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In 2021, further south in Tulum, two tourists — one a California travel blogger born in India and a German national — were killed when they apparently were caught in the crossfire of a gunfight between rival drug dea.
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Janay Reece, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
The close-range gunfight happened Wednesday with a carjacking suspect who was killed when shot and struck by a police SUV in downtown San Jose, authorities said.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Authorities said that in the moments leading up to the video, Husien shot at a police sergeant after the officer attempted to use his patrol vehicle to block the car Husien was driving, which police said had been taken in a carjacking, setting off a close-range gunfight at the sergeant’s SUV.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
The San José Police Department identified the carjacking suspect at the center of the incident, who shot and wounded an officer during a close-range gunfight before he was mowed down by a police cruiser and fatally shot.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
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Janay Reece, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
The close-range gunfight happened Wednesday with a carjacking suspect who was killed when shot and struck by a police SUV in downtown San Jose, authorities said.
—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Authorities said that in the moments leading up to the video, Husien shot at a police sergeant after the officer attempted to use his patrol vehicle to block the car Husien was driving, which police said had been taken in a carjacking, setting off a close-range gunfight at the sergeant’s SUV.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
The San José Police Department identified the carjacking suspect at the center of the incident, who shot and wounded an officer during a close-range gunfight before he was mowed down by a police cruiser and fatally shot.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
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“Gunfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunfight. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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