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Less than ten minutes later, at that same rally, gunfire rang out and a sick and deranged assassin unloaded eight bullets from his sniper's perch into a crowd of many thousands of people.—NPR, 5 Mar. 2025 The gunfire erupted about 10:50 p.m. outside The Grill by Miss G in the 21900 block of Foothill Boulevard, according to a statement from police Officer Jessica Banuelos.—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025 Throughout the night, gunfire continued, and rioters recrossed the creek to torch the remaining buildings in the Chinese quarter.—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025 Everyone in the house lay on the floor until the gunfire ended.—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gunfire
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