Sentence examples for encountering gunfire from inspiring English sources

Dr. Akhmed Mogushkov, the chief doctor at the republic's main hospital, tried to reach the emergency room as the battles raged but could not get past the first street without encountering gunfire.

It is not unusual for members to encounter gunfire.

A group of foreign journalists taken to the periphery of the city said they had encountered gunfire and were forced to retreat.

Berkowitz has for two decades treated inner-city children who encounter gunfire in their neighborhoods as well as in their schools.

But Judith Holmes still froze in terror when she and her two granddaughters encountered gunfire as they left one of the project's buildings about 1 30 a.m. yesterday.

His entourage sometimes encountered gunfire while traveling the country, with his personal security "militia," as he and his wife called it, leaning out of car windows with automatic weapons to return fire.

"Instead, I will go over ― again ― what my children should do if they ever encounter gunfire.

"It's public knowledge in the city that they're armed". Espenido said police arrived at Parojinog's house after 2 a.m. and quickly encountered gunfire.

Philippine police and soldiers and U.S. military staff were searching for a missing U.S. serviceman who fled when he and four other American military personnel encountered gunfire from suspected Communist guerrillas on the slopes of Mt. Pinatubo.

CAIRO – With supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi calling for another mass rally Friday, the Egyptian military gave a fuller accounting of its role in the deaths of at least 51 protesters this week, saying it resorted to deadly force only after encountering stones, gunfire, Molotov cocktails and even toilets hurled from rooftops.

The Marines briefly encountered sporadic gunfire, which Safer later described as friendly fire.