gun down

phrasal verb

gunned down; gunning down; guns down

: to shoot (someone) with a gun

He was gunned down in the street.

Examples of gun down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Gurpreet Singh’s second murder trial began Monday in Butler County Common Pleas Court – five years and one day after his family was gunned down inside a West Chester Township apartment. —Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 30 Apr. 2024

When 12 students and one teacher were gunned down in a mass shooting at Columbine High School in 1999, the tragic event marked a turning point for America. —Doc Louallen, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2024

After a former student gunned down six people at a Christian elementary school in Nashville last year, Tennessee lawmakers passed a controversial bill in the state Senate that would allow some teachers to go armed in classrooms. —Kelly Puente, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024

Oakland police officers on Wednesday killed a man accused of gunning down a woman in south Sacramento last month as authorities sought to arrest him at an Oakland home. —Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 18 Apr. 2024

Authorities in New York City said shooters riding on scooters gunned down four people on Tuesday evening, leaving one dead and three others injured. —Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 17 Apr. 2024

He’s accused of gunning down 51-year-old Shahbaz Hussain and 42-year-old Shamun Shaukat, both employees at the gas station. —Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2024

And every few years the country has been shaken by an assault producing massive casualties: 26 gunned down in Newtown, Conn.; 17 killed at a high school in Parkland, Fla.; 21 dead in Uvalde. —Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2024

The family of the woman gunned down last week alongside her prominent Las Vegas attorney husband by her ex-father-in-law is shedding new light on the tragedy, saying the situation could have been avoided. —Stepheny Price, Fox News, 18 Apr. 2024