fatally

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Two victims - a mother who saved her baby in her dying moments and a security guard who was fatally stabbed on his first day shift - will receive posthumous awards.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Similar efforts have appeared in Koreatown, where a group of activists painted a crosswalk at an intersection where a 9-year-old boy was fatally struck by a vehicle.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

After an ICE agent fatally shot Good on Jan. 7 in Minneapolis, government officials alleged that Good, who is survived by a wife and three children, was trying to ram the agent with her SUV.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

Diagne, a naturalized U.S. citizen since 2013, bought the guns legally in 2017 and was fatally shot by police.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Vivian had meant Ronald Reagan, who was shot, but not fatally.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman