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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Thompson was gunned down outside a hotel in Midtown Manhattan. — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026 Five days after gunning down Thompson, Mangione was apprehended by local police in a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania, when a person recognized him from a surveillance photo. — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026 Luigi Mangione revealed new details about his plan to kill UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Friday, nearly two years after the healthcare executive was gunned down on the streets of Manhattan. — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2026 Howell gunned down Askew, 29, outside the bodega on Sutphin Blvd. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gun down

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