gun down

verb

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

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The privileged Princeton graduate who gunned down his millionaire hedge-fund father inside the family’s luxury Manhattan apartment after a fight over money is speaking out publicly nearly a decade after the grisly killing that horrified New York’s elite. Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026 Odane Francis, 29, was arrested Monday for allegedly gunning down Kimani Cyrus in Springfield Gardens. Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 26 May 2026 His son is also getting in on the act, after gunning down another villain in his home to protect Rainwater. Peter White, Deadline, 24 May 2026 Fifteen months before Caleb Liam Vazquez gunned down three men at the San Diego Islamic Center, Chula Vista police got a court order to remove his father’s numerous firearms. Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for gun down

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“Gun down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gun%20down. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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