Below you will find example sentences with "shots fired". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Shots Fired in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: fired
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 11
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 24.8 words

Words in this phrase

shots fired

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • shots can mean: plural of shot Frequent word
  • fired can mean: dismissed, terminated from employment. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

report of shots fired 3× report of shots fired in the 2× call about shots fired in sayreville 1× call of shots fired possibly out 1× heard several shots fired and saw 1× hit mattered shots fired did not 1× of a shots fired in the 1× of multiple shots fired in the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a private security 1× according to chicago 1× according to police 1× an all clear 1× cops responded to 1× deputies received a 1×

Common sentence endings:

of shots fired 3× p m monday 2× a statement thursday 1× apartment police said 1× but were unsuccessful 1× court in greeley 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

report 12× police 7× block 7× responded 6× officers 6× received 5× deputies 4× street 4× monday 4× county 3× area 3× sheriff 2×

Related phrases

two shots korea fired blocked shots

Phrases around this combination

Just before it in the phrase index:

shot noise shortly thereafter shortly afterwards short term short story short stories

Just after it in the phrase index:

shoulder injury shouldn get show featuring show host show hosted show off

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

korea fired

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "shots fired" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.8 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as report of shots fired, report of shots fired in the, report, police and block stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with two shots, korea fired and blocked shots, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with shots fired

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Headline is fine, shots that hit mattered, shots fired did not. (11 words)

It happened Thursday night, when officers received a report of shots fired. (12 words)

East North Street at North Jackson Street, Lima — Deputies responded Wednesday to a report of shots fired. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

Reports of shots fired came about 3 p.m. The number of shots is unclear at this time though there were almost a dozen placards in the street, indicating possible shell casings or other pieces of evidence. (37 words)

Farmer was responding to a call of shots fired possibly out of a car window, and chased the suspect to the door of an apartment where the man opened fire, hitting Farmer’s partner. (34 words)

Local residents called the police to report shots fired around 10:00 p.m. Witnesses told AT5 that a total of eight shots were fired, six of which happened in quick succession. (32 words)

Example sentences (20)

Preston County sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of shots fired in the Brandonville area Saturday and found Chase Waugh, 21, of Bruceton Mills, had just fired multiple shots.

Local residents called the police to report shots fired around 10:00 p.m. Witnesses told AT5 that a total of eight shots were fired, six of which happened in quick succession.

Headline is fine, shots that hit mattered, shots fired did not.

Reports of shots fired came about 3 p.m. The number of shots is unclear at this time though there were almost a dozen placards in the street, indicating possible shell casings or other pieces of evidence.

Trevor Brown, 24, who lives in a townhouse nearby, said he heard several shots fired and saw as many as four police officers in the road, who fired three or four times.

About 4:40 a.m. Monday, Greeley police responded to shots fired at a shared duplex in the 600 block of 46th Avenue Court in Greeley.

According to Chicago police, officers received a report about shots fired in the 3900-block of West Flournoy Street.

According to police, officers responded to a report of multiple shots fired in the area of the 600 block of King Avenue at 8:10 p.m. Monday.

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An all-clear has been given after reports of shots fired at the Northwestern Chicago campus outside Wieboldt Hall Monday.

A private security officer responding to the report of shots fired was struck by a bullet that deflected off her eyeglasses, causing bruising and lacerations, the sheriff said.

At about 9:32PM, they were called to the 1900 block of Gibbs Drive to investigate a report of shots fired.

At around 7:22 p.m., authorities received a 911 call about shots fired in Sayreville, New Jersey, the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office reported in a statement Thursday.

Cops responded to a shots fired report on the 7900 block of Ayers Rd. in Cincinnati around 8:30 p.m. Monday.

Deputies received a report of shots fired in the 8900 block of County Road LL. Deputies drove around looking for the vehicle that was described but were unsuccessful.

East North Street at North Jackson Street, Lima — Deputies responded Wednesday to a report of shots fired.

Farmer was responding to a call of shots fired possibly out of a car window, and chased the suspect to the door of an apartment where the man opened fire, hitting Farmer’s partner.

It happened Thursday night, when officers received a report of shots fired.

Officers received a report of a shots fired in the area of the 1200 block of Severs Drive.

Officers responded to the Maple Gardens Housing Development around 8 p.m. for a report of shots fired, Fall River Police Sgt. Moses Pereira noted in an email.

One of the shots fired by Jones went through a wall and hit a 3-year-old girl in the next apartment, police said.

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