How to Use fatally in a Sentence

fatally

adverb
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Authorities allege Slocum entered the hotel and fatally shot the victim and fled the scene, per the statement.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Over the weekend, a 17-year-old was fatally shot aboard a Metro train pulling into Waterfront station.
    — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 30 May 2023
  • Williams had fatally overdosed inside a Starbucks bathroom in the East Village on March 1.
    — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2023
  • He was being held there after being sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death in 2021.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2023
  • In June, a grand jury in Brooklyn voted not to indict a man who had fatally stabbed a passenger on a subway train.
    — Hurubie Meko, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Hunter is believed to be the suspect who fatally shot Seetal, the affidavit alleges.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
  • As another panel collapsed, Babbitt is seen in the video climbing up into the frame through the broken glass, and was then fatally shot by Byrd.
    — Tom Jackman The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 28 July 2023
  • Since nine people were shot, three of them fatally, at the popular Orange County bar.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Police believe the pair died in a murder-suicide, with the man fatally shooting the woman before taking his own life.
    — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The shooter killed three children and three adults before being fatally shot by police.
    — CBS News, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies said a Tamarac man staged a burglary last week in an effort to get away with fatally shooting his wife.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Kaiden crawled under the truck to get the ball back when the driver, who police say hadn’t noticed the boy, pulled out of the parking space, fatally hitting him, according to officials.
    — Mitchell Willetts, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The first man killed was identified as Alberto Vasquez Jr., 35, who was fatally shot in a carjacking.
    — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2024

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