The phrase "a string of shootings" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a series of shooting incidents that have occurred in a particular timeframe or location.
Example: "The city has been shaken by a string of shootings that have left residents feeling unsafe."
Alternatives: "a series of shootings" or "a wave of shootings".
Video from Sunday's incident shows LAPD officers engaged in a confrontation with a man in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles and the incident ends with police fatally shooting the man, another in a string of shootings of unarmed black men at the hands of police.
The fatal shooting of a 55-year-old woman in April, the wounding of a 16-year-old youth and a 21-year-old man in separate incidents in March, and the shooting of an unoccupied vehicle in June were linked to a string of shootings in the Phoenix metro area, the Phoenix Police Department said on its Facebook page.
Tensions in Táchira have been exacerbated in recent weeks by a string of shootings and slayings.
A string of shootings there about five years ago prompted the company to call in Ms. Heaviside.
[Daily News] The police traced a murder in Queens last Friday to a group of men responsible for a string of shootings spanning the past several months.
Hopkins insisted that gun crime was not out of control in Greater Manchester, following a string of shootings across Salford and Bolton at the weekend.
A12 Mistrial in Highway Shootings A judge declared a mistrial in the case of a man who admitted to a string of highway shootings, one of which killed a woman, but claimed innocence by reason of insanity.
Fourteen people were shot -- five of them fatally -- in a string of unrelated shootings over less than 10 hours in Brooklyn and the Bronx Friday night and early yesterday, the police said.
But a string of mass shootings involving high-powered weapons, rising anxiety about domestic terrorism, and killings of and by police officers have emboldened Democrats.
LOS ANGELES — Democrats in the California Legislature passed a sweeping package of gun control bills after a string of mass shootings across the country, cracking down on assault rifles, high-capacity magazines and lead ammunition.
Eight Israelis have died in a string of stabbings, shootings and the stoning of a car, while 29 Palestinians - including 12 identified by Israel as attackers - have been killed in the last two weeks.
