Recent Examples on the WebPolice in Hawaii have vowed to step up enforcement after one of the most serious mass shootings in that state's history happened last year at a cockfight where five people were shot, including two who died.—CBS News, 14 Mar. 2024 But Devore acknowledged a former district director for his organization who has since resigned was arrested and charged with facilitating a cockfight after authorities in Carter County raided a cockfighting pit with more than 100 people in attendance.—CBS News, 14 Mar. 2024 California 30 beers, a cockfight, a gun: The untold story of the man who tried to kill Chalino Sanchez
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All three men were shot in the head and chest.—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2023 In a cockfight, the birds inflict physical trauma on one another, sometimes with metal spurs attached to their legs.—Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 19 June 2023 Two victims died after five people were shot during an altercation at a late-night cockfight Friday in Honolulu, police said.—CBS News, 17 Apr. 2023 Just last month, police in Hawaii arrested four men at a cockfight in Kealakekua, Hawaii News Now reported.—CBS News, 17 Apr. 2023 What is a cockfight?—USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2023 This is a cockfight!—Kin Woo, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2022
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