Sentence examples for gunfire set off from inspiring English sources

The gunfire set off panic on the Boardwalk.

The gunfire set off a frenzy, as the panicked crowd ran for safety.

May didn't get past the lobby, but the sound of gunfire set off screams among students, who scrambled for cover among the bookshelves and barricaded themselves in rooms.

Four members of the paramilitary force were killed, either by gunfire or a blast set off by one of the attackers.

It was not clear what set off the gunfire, said Arturo Sandoval, a spokesman for prosecutors in Chihuahua state.

It was unclear what set off the gunfire, but quickly, Qaddafi supporters took to the streets, waving green flags and firing guns into the air.

Residents in houses several hundred yards away said they heard gunfire immediately after the blast set off by the suicide bomber.

The attack set off renewed gunfire at a Jerusalem neighborhood, drawing an armored Israeli thrust into the Palestinian-ruled town of Beit Jala.

Ceiling sprinklers were set off by the gunfire.

A year later he was dead, killed in a hail of police gunfire while setting off an explosive device.

Nobody has yet explained what set off the barrage of gunfire a full minute after the car stopped.