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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Three children and a teacher were gunned down Thursday afternoon in a shooting at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, and the 16-year-old suspect was fatally shot by an armed bystander, according to police. — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026 As Morris was facing trial for Parker’s killing, Ezell Finklea, a 61-year-old military veteran and witness who cooperated with Miami-Dade prosecutors despite threats to his life, was gunned down. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026 The alleged plot targeting Pannun unfolded at the same time that Hardeep Singh Nijjar, another prominent Sikh separatist and friend of Pannun, was gunned down and killed in June 2023 by assassins outside his gurdwara in Surrey, British Columbia. — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Shakur succumbed to his gunshot wounds six days after being gunned down. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 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 20 Oct. 2026.

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