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After he was shot, deputies found a Beretta PX4 Storm semi-automatic pellet gun, which is a replica of a .40 caliber handgun, near his body, according to authorities.
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Nathan Solis
follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
The 2015 order was part of a nationwide reckoning over realistic-looking toy guns in the wake of the fatal shooting of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old Cleveland boy who was killed by police in November 2014 while holding a pellet gun.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 27 May 2025
Instead, the birds’ injuries appear to have been caused by a pellet gun, BB gun or a slingshot.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025
Wells told social media newswire Storyful the bear was stuck in the car for almost two and a half hours before her husband shot the driver's window with a pellet gun so the bear could get out.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 7 May 2025
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Nathan Solis
follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
The 2015 order was part of a nationwide reckoning over realistic-looking toy guns in the wake of the fatal shooting of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old Cleveland boy who was killed by police in November 2014 while holding a pellet gun.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 27 May 2025
Instead, the birds’ injuries appear to have been caused by a pellet gun, BB gun or a slingshot.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2025
Wells told social media newswire Storyful the bear was stuck in the car for almost two and a half hours before her husband shot the driver's window with a pellet gun so the bear could get out.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 7 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for pellet gun
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“Pellet gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pellet%20gun. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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