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Correction: the suspect was holding an object resembling an improvised explosive device when he was fatally shot.
by coolspot 5y ago
Correction: the suspect was holding an object resembling an improvised explosive device when he was fatally shot.
- jaclaz 5y agoCorrection: the police forces that intervened reported how the suspect was holding an object resembling an improvised explosive device when he was fatally shot.
- angst_ridden 5y agoCorrection: there was an officer-involved explosion when security forces investigated a suspected terrorist's kitchen / chemistry lab.
- adolph 5y agoReal life: This bullet killed Vicki Weaver, who was standing behind the door in the cabin where Harris entered.[108] Vicki was holding the Weavers' 10-month-old baby Elisheba. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ridge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ridge
- baud147258 5y agoI've seen the same terms ("the bullet killed") used to describe the recent death of Halyna Hutchins on set of Alec Baldwin's film
- coolspot 5y agoOP’s quote misses context. Vicky Weaver was killed through a door by a sniper firing at someone else. A sentence before the quoted one attributes the bullet to the sniper.
- haroldp 5y agohttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/07/14/the-curious-grammar-of-police-shootings/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/07/14/...
- Sohcahtoa82 5y agoNah, can't say they were fatally shot by the police. Instead, you gotta word is as "They died from their injuries after being in a shooting involving police".