How to Use fatally in a Sentence

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• Stacey tried to wrestle the weapon free and the gun went off, fatally shooting him in the chest.
  — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2023
• Her last child was born six months after her husband was fatally shot at a Los Angeles hotel.
  — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
• One of the victims was a 9-year-old girl who was fatally shot nearby before the gunman was arrested, authorities said.
  — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 23 Feb. 2023
• According to the police statement, autopsies determined that both the mother and daughter had been fatally shot with the same gun.
  — Nicole Acosta, People.com, 10 Oct. 2024
• But just then, a lightning bolt hits a tree branch and sends it crashing to the ground, and when Gracie drops the knife, Eve shoves her — and Gracie is fatally impaled on a jagged branch.
  — Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 9 Oct. 2024
• In 2003, his sister Shani was fatally shot, along with her girlfriend, by the estranged husband of another one of Ras’s sisters.
  — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
• Following the attack on the journalist, the gunman walked nearby and fatally shot 9-year-old T'Yonna Major.
  — Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2023
• The exchange led to the 25-year-old being fatally shot.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
• Devon King, 20, was fatally shot at the club on May 18.
  — Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Nov. 2023
• In August 2022, a man was fatally shot at the Grand Sierra.
  — Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
• His car was ambushed, and he was fatally shot at point-blank range.
  — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• Two adults and two children, along with their three dogs, were fatally shot in their home in Romeoville, Illinois.
  — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 20 Sep. 2023
• Outlaw said two knives were found in Irizarry's car, but declined to say if Irizarry had a knife in his hand when he was fatally shot.
  — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2023
• More:A couple was fatally shot in an Elkhorn bar, police say.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2024
• The assailant was fatally shot by a hero cop who was first to respond to the scene, authorities said.
  — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 13 Apr. 2024
• Shakur was feuding at the time with rap rival Biggie Smalls, who was fatally shot in March 1997.
  — Rio Yamat, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2023
• And in August, a suspect fatally shot a 4-year-old police dog named Sir.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2023
• Brown had been hosting a gathering of friends — a mix of Navy and civilians — when he was fatally shot.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2024
• The 15-year-old was fatally shot at his home in San Antonio, police said.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 26 Dec. 2023
• Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a mother of two and local DJ, was fatally shot.
  — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
• The weapon fired, fatally striking Hutchins and wounding the film’s director, Joel Souza, who was standing next to her.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• The woman who was fatally shot has not yet been identified.
  — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
• In the most recent killing, a 17-year-old Roosevelt High School student was fatally shot in the school’s parking lot Wednesday.
  — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 18 May 2023
• Hutchins was fatally shot by the actor on the Santa Fe set of the Western in October 2021 when his revolver fired a live round.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2024
• It's been 4 days since Ajike 'AJ' Owens was fatally shot after knocking on a neighbor's door.
  — Jennifer Henderson, CNN, 9 June 2023
• Eight years ago, a man who stalked the iCarly star, 30, lit himself on fire and fatally shot himself in the front yard of her Los Angeles home.
  — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 May 2024
• Fort Worth police say a man was fatally shot in Fort Worth on Friday morning.
  — Zaeem Shaikh, Dallas News, 27 May 2023
• Charles Vallow was fatally shot in 2019 by her brother Alex Cox.
  — Terry Collins, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2023
• The drive-by shooting comes the day after an 18-year-old student was fatally shot on the campus of Bowie High School in Arlington.
  — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Apr. 2024
• A little more than two hours later, two men were found fatally shot in the 4500 block of Pennington Avenue, the police said.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024