"a fatal shot" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
It can be used to describe a shot or bullet that caused death or a lethal injury. Example: "The hunter took aim and fired a fatal shot, bringing down the massive deer with one clean hit."
As she fell, injured, a fatal shot hit her head.
Seconds later, Kennedy was struck by a fatal shot to the head from the same gunman, the commission found.
He would have been within his rights, he said, to fire a fatal shot in self-defense.
When Mr. Rodriguez stumbled and fell, the gunman stood over him and fired a fatal shot into his back.
A young woman dashing toward a row of soldiers, then crumpling with a fatal shot to the head.
Gerry turned his avatar just in time to take a fatal shot to the torso, and the screen cut to black.
Detective Hassan Hamdy made the split-second decision to fire a single fatal shot at an unarmed motorist during an early morning traffic stop on a highway in Queens because he thought the driver was reaching for a gun, according to the detective's lawyer.
Not long after, Zimmerman followed Martin and a confrontation ensued, during which Zimmerman pulled out a handgun and fired a single, fatal shot into Martin's chest.
They hailed a ride from the driver, Cesar Santos, in the Bronx on June 7, then, after an argument, one of them fired a single fatal shot into his side on Sedgwick Avenue in University Heights before fleeing, the police said.
He is believed to have told him to move on, and, for reasons that are still unclear, a scuffle ensued, during which another officer fired a single, fatal shot.
It was then that Officer Haste fired a single, fatal shot.
