How to Use fatally in a Sentence

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• Stacey tried to wrestle the weapon free and the gun went off, fatally shooting him in the chest.
  — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2023
• The exchange led to the 25-year-old being fatally shot.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
• Devon King, 20, was fatally shot at the club on May 18.
  — Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Nov. 2023
• The six men were alone at the time when they were fatally shot, officials said.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2022
• In August 2022, a man was fatally shot at the Grand Sierra.
  — Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
• Nina wound up on the losing end, fatally stabbed by the princess.
  — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 9 Jan. 2025
• His car was ambushed, and he was fatally shot at point-blank range.
  — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• In 2016, the two were found fatally shot in a car in the parking lot of a church in Louisville's Beechmont neighborhood.
  — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 29 Dec. 2022
• Two adults and two children, along with their three dogs, were fatally shot in their home in Romeoville, Illinois.
  — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 20 Sep. 2023
• The shooting took place just before 8 p.m., when Hudson was fatally shot at the scene.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 29 Dec. 2022
• Outlaw said two knives were found in Irizarry's car, but declined to say if Irizarry had a knife in his hand when he was fatally shot.
  — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2023
• More:A couple was fatally shot in an Elkhorn bar, police say.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2024
• The assailant was fatally shot by a hero cop who was first to respond to the scene, authorities said.
  — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 13 Apr. 2024
• Shakur was feuding at the time with rap rival Biggie Smalls, who was fatally shot in March 1997.
  — Rio Yamat, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2023
• And in August, a suspect fatally shot a 4-year-old police dog named Sir.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2023
• On Monday night, Phoenix police fatally shot a home break-in suspect around 10 p.m. in the area of 15th and Wier avenues.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
• Brown had been hosting a gathering of friends — a mix of Navy and civilians — when he was fatally shot.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2024
• The 15-year-old was fatally shot at his home in San Antonio, police said.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 26 Dec. 2023
• That suddenly changed when the shots rang out and Kassy’s boyfriend, Raymond Green Vance, was fatally shot.
  — Greg Norman, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2022
• Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a mother of two and local DJ, was fatally shot.
  — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
• No arrests have been made after a man and a teenage boy were fatally shot Wednesday on the city’s West Side, police said.
  — Olivia Mitchell, cleveland, 16 Dec. 2022
• The weapon fired, fatally striking Hutchins and wounding the film’s director, Joel Souza, who was standing next to her.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• Berrios, a 42-year-old Beach Park resident, was found fatally shot on Oct. 3.
  — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
• The woman who was fatally shot has not yet been identified.
  — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
• In the most recent killing, a 17-year-old Roosevelt High School student was fatally shot in the school’s parking lot Wednesday.
  — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 18 May 2023
• Hutchins was fatally shot by the actor on the Santa Fe set of the Western in October 2021 when his revolver fired a live round.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2024
• It's been 4 days since Ajike 'AJ' Owens was fatally shot after knocking on a neighbor's door.
  — Jennifer Henderson, CNN, 9 June 2023
• Eight years ago, a man who stalked the iCarly star, 30, lit himself on fire and fatally shot himself in the front yard of her Los Angeles home.
  — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 May 2024
• Cops also found a bloody mop in the bedroom and smelled bleach, leading them to believe that Navarro had tried to clean up after fatally striking Portillo in the back of the head with the pipe.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 17 Jan. 2025
• Huttle resisted and struggled with the deputy, at which point the deputy fatally shot him, according to an Indiana State Police news release.
  — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 18 Feb 2025