gunfire

Example Sentences

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Police responded to the 1800 block of West 38th Street last August after multiple 911 callers claimed they heard gunfire coming from the back of a home where Byers lives with his mother.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

Officers potentially wasting thousands of hours in pursuit of car backfires and construction noise mislabeled as gunfire has not deterred the New York Police Department from continuing to use it.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

He didn’t like gunfire and so was relegated to a small dog run, open to the elements, where he slept in a barrel filled with straw.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

An AFP correspondent outside Sheikh Maqsud heard sporadic gunfire from the neighbourhood after the army's announcement.

From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026

On Paul Van Riper’s first tour in Southeast Asia, when he was out in the bush, serving as an advisor to the South Vietnamese, he would often hear gunfire in the distance.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell