Sentence examples for gunfire appears from inspiring English sources

The gunman who opened fire on a country music festival in Las Vegas may have wanted to survive and escape his attack, but a hotel security guard who approached his door and attracted the shooter's gunfire appears to have stopped the massacre, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Wednesday.

Martin Vogl, a freelance journalist in Bamako who has been posting updates on his Twitter account, said the sounds of gunfire appeared to indicate exchanges between groups.

Initially, because gunfire appeared to have come from multiple locations, shooting people at different angles, authorities believed more than one suspect could have been involved.

The gunfire appeared to be aimed into the air above the protesters, but hospitals reported that more than 70 of them were injured, many from the tear gas.

Even as the intensity of the gunfire appeared to increase, one activist's video of the scene showed several protesters not retreating, but staying to record the shooting on their phones.

But the initial story of how she and the accused gunman went down in an exchange of gunfire now appears to be inaccurate.

After heavy fighting on Friday, four holes -- apparently from gunfire -- appeared in the golden dome of the Shrine of Imam Ali, one of the most revered sites in Shia Islam.

After the results were released, Damascus erupted into a thunderous, rolling clap of celebratory gunfire that appeared to include heavy weaponry.

The gunfire clearly appeared to have been aimed directly into the crowd, and not into the air such as in an effort to disperse rioters, Mr. Lowy said.

A square in central Munich, the Karlsplatz, also known as the Stachus, was evacuated after reports of gunfire, which appeared to have been a false alarm.

Two Los Angeles county sheriff's deputies have shot and killed an allegedly armed suspect, with video recorded by a bystander showing a man coming under police gunfire after appearing to turn away from the officers.