shooting death
Killed by bullet
A shooting death is a death caused by gunfire.
The phrase appears almost exclusively in news reporting, where it serves as a neutral descriptor that avoids implying intent: Police are investigating a shooting death in the warehouse district.
It covers homicides, suicides, and accidents alike, letting reporters state facts before circumstances are known.
- gunshotFirearm's explosive report
- homicideCausing another's death
- fatalCausing death or ruin
- drive-by shootingGunfire from moving vehicle
- victimOne harmed by another
murder · bullet · stray bullet · wound · killing · tragedy · firearm · police · investigation · cold case · suspect · crime · crime scene · violence · bloodshed · slaying · gun violence · casualty
- fatal causeshomicide, suicide, drowning, electrocution, suffocation
- killingshomicide, murder for hire, manslaughter, killing, assassination
shooting deathnatural causes
Death without external intervention
natural death · peaceful death · heart failure · organ failure · illness
shooting deathpeaceful death
Calm, painless final moment
passing away · dignified death · death with dignity · slipping away