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

For days, social media users have been circulating reports of gunfire on December 30 at the palace, which overlooks the capital -- and Sharaa has not been seen in public since then.

From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026

"It was a lot of gunfire," Trump added.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

Twice, I thought I heard footsteps or gunfire, but I knew it was only the dybbuk now.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros