Sentence examples for before the gunfire from inspiring English sources

People who were near the compound said they heard an explosion before the gunfire began.

The judges reviewed the clip frame by frame until the second before the gunfire.

She also said she heard no shouted warnings before the gunfire.

Before the gunfire, the mood at the protest became more tense, as protesters blocked off traffic on West Florissant Avenue.

Mr. Benefield said he covered his face with his hands and felt a collision before the gunfire began.

Before the gunfire started, he added, the D.J. at the block party said over the loudspeaker "how good a feeling it was because there was no violence.

The day before, gunfire and a suicide bombing killed the general heading the Saudi border control force and two others on the Saudi-Iraq frontier.

Chief Anthony Batts of the Long Beach police said the gunfire erupted just before noon.

Let's stop the gunfire before it happens by enforcing the regulations we have, banning semiautomatic weapons and large clips that enable hails of bullets.

LAPD Lt. John Jenal said it was unclear what exactly happened during that shooting, but he said there was no initial evidence to suggest that the man had been struck by the gunfire before getting back in his vehicle and driving off.

An 18-year-old man shot and wounded three people at a Bronx pizza restaurant early Sunday before police officers who heard the gunfire shot him, the authorities said.