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"Hartford Police Lieutenant Aaron Boisvert said police were called to the scene at 28 Townley Street around 5 p.m. Tuesday and found a man in his 30s suffering from a gunshot wound . \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 22 June 2022",
"Ammon Riveria, 20, was found suffering from a gunshot wound in the 8700 block of Liberty Road, police said in a news release . \u2014 Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun , 22 June 2022",
"Leesburg police officers said Jeffrey Scott Garrard, 55, is still in ICU recovering from the gunshot wound , according to a press release from the Leesburg Police Department. \u2014 Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
"An investigation is underway in Northern Kentucky after an 11-year-old died from a gunshot wound . \u2014 Fox 19 Digital Staff, The Enquirer , 20 June 2022",
"Kalczuk said officers responded to a report of shots fired and found one of the victims suffering from a gunshot wound . \u2014 Bill Hutchinson, ABC News , 20 June 2022",
"Police said Williams died May 8, and the D.C. medical examiner\u2019s office ruled her death a homicide because of complications from a gunshot wound . \u2014 Peter Hermann, Washington Post , 9 June 2022",
"In early May, the Kent County medical examiner's office released its autopsy results, showing that Lyoya died from a gunshot wound of the head. \u2014 CNN , 9 June 2022",
"Caster was initially believed to have been killed by blunt force trauma, but an autopsy revealed that Caster had died from a gunshot wound to the head and manual strangulation. \u2014 Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al , 7 June 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Cain's grounder to the middle part of the infield caught Christian Yelich between second and third, but both runners wound up safe. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
"And that's why a kid from Virginia who goes to high school in Florida wound up putting on an MSU cap. \u2014 Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press , 20 June 2022",
"Nick Suplina, a senior vice president at Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control group, said gun rights advocates tended to ignore data showing that firearms in homes often wound up hurting their owners instead of someone threatening them. \u2014 New York Times , 18 June 2022",
"All of these huge brands faced significant backlash for \u2018tone-deaf\u2019 campaigns that were supposed to make Black people feel included, but ultimately wound up offending many of us. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 17 June 2022",
"The fight over a meaningless piece of rock dates to 1973, when Denmark and Canada wound up talks about boundary and underwater rights but did not reach an agreement over Hans Island. \u2014 Ian Austen, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"Ziegler told Cosmo her all-star persona on the series wound up causing her grief even when the cameras weren't rolling. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"The driver sped off, leading officers on a short chase that wound up at the end of Arizona Street, a cul-de-sac off Broadway. \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"An employee recently fired from Little Caesars Pizza tried to get her job back this week but wound up shooting and critically wounding the manager instead, court records state. \u2014 Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer , 10 June 2022"
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"Officers have kept up a police presence in the town, as well as in the neighboring city of Lysychansk, running in supplies for the remaining townspeople, picking up the dead and wounded , and evacuating people away from the front line. \u2014 New York Times , 24 May 2022",
"The Saturday afternoon attack at a supermarket in a predominantly Black neighborhood left ten dead and three wounded . \u2014 Melissa Noel, Essence , 17 May 2022",
"That's a large chunk of the population that would be most impacted by a large number of dead and wounded coming home from what Putin has argued is not even its own distinct country, historically. \u2014 Matthew Schmidt, CNN , 20 Feb. 2022",
"The photo was posted just four days after a high school shooting in Oxford Township, Michigan, left four students dead and at least eight wounded . \u2014 Michelle Stoddart, ABC News , 6 Dec. 2021",
"Three of the wounded teenage victims, two girls and a boy, were in critical condition on Tuesday evening, police said. \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Dec. 2021",
"The fatal event left six dead and at least 62 wounded . \u2014 Staff Reports, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 24 Nov. 2021",
"The wounded victims, three adult men and two adult women, were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Benedict confirmed. \u2014 Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com , 17 July 2021",
"The grieving parents and grandparents of dead and wounded children are giving voice to an eloquent challenge: What did our children do to you"
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"All these efforts would n't be possible without the help from volunteers and supporters in the Find Kara Hyde Facebook group, Hyde said. \u2014 Lexi Whitehead, The Enquirer , 5 July 2022",
"Absent that rule, applicants would be able to obtain concealed carry licenses without citing personal circumstances that create a heightened need for armed self-defense. \u2014 Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post , 5 July 2022",
"That would be what Outriders has always done best: buildcrafting. \u2014 Paul Tassi, Forbes , 5 July 2022",
"The Celtics are hopeful that the sharp-shooting forward can become a contributor next season, and that possibility would be jump-started by a strong showing in Las Vegas. \u2014 Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com , 5 July 2022",
"The vote would have been 50-50, resulting in Senate rejecting the nomination of Lisa Gomez. \u2014 Noah Biermanstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 5 July 2022",
"Independence Day would n\u2019t be complete without fireworks. \u2014 Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al , 4 July 2022",
"Hours later, a federal judge ruled that abortions in Ohio would only be legal until six weeks. \u2014 cleveland , 4 July 2022",
"Carefully cleaning all hard surfaces (mix 1 part bleach to 10 parts water for an effective solution or use a professional antibacterial cleaning solution) and washing bedding where the dog has been would be wise. \u2014 Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive , 4 July 2022"
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"Both victims were rescued and treated for the injuries, one of which was a gunshot wound . \u2014 Bradford Betz, Fox News , 26 June 2022",
"During questioning from Hanna and Jaskulsky, Morris said the hand injury could\u2019ve been a defensive wound or accidentally cutting herself. \u2014 Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun , 22 June 2022",
"Her cause of death was a gunshot wound to the back of the head. \u2014 Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star , 6 June 2022",
"The loss of a child in a shooting is also a wound that requires treatment. \u2014 Connor Sheets, Anchorage Daily News , 6 June 2022",
"The loss of a child in a shooting is also a wound that requires treatment. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
"The man was deceased from what appeared to be a gunshot wound , according to Sgt. \u2014 Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic , 30 May 2022",
"For those who remember Chabrol\u2019s crimes, the knowledge of his dignified resting place is an open wound \u2014 an insult to her memory. \u2014 Hope Hodge Seck, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
"Deputies arrived and found Hayden Wilson in the driveway at the address with what appeared to be a gunshot wound in his neck, authorities said. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 11 May 2022",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Cain's grounder to the middle part of the infield caught Christian Yelich between second and third, but both runners wound up safe. \u2014 Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel , 21 June 2022",
"And that's why a kid from Virginia who goes to high school in Florida wound up putting on an MSU cap. \u2014 Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press , 20 June 2022",
"Nick Suplina, a senior vice president at Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun control group, said gun rights advocates tended to ignore data showing that firearms in homes often wound up hurting their owners instead of someone threatening them. \u2014 New York Times , 18 June 2022",
"All of these huge brands faced significant backlash for \u2018tone-deaf\u2019 campaigns that were supposed to make Black people feel included, but ultimately wound up offending many of us. \u2014 Jasmine Browley, Essence , 17 June 2022",
"The fight over a meaningless piece of rock dates to 1973, when Denmark and Canada wound up talks about boundary and underwater rights but did not reach an agreement over Hans Island. \u2014 Ian Austen, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
"Ziegler told Cosmo her all-star persona on the series wound up causing her grief even when the cameras weren't rolling. \u2014 Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022",
"The driver sped off, leading officers on a short chase that wound up at the end of Arizona Street, a cul-de-sac off Broadway. \u2014 Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 13 June 2022",
"An employee recently fired from Little Caesars Pizza tried to get her job back this week but wound up shooting and critically wounding the manager instead, court records state. \u2014 Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer , 10 June 2022"
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