pistol; handgun; revolver
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
to dye; to colour; to color
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
police officer; policeman; policewoman
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
aperture; bore; calibre; caliber
to escape death; to be saved from death
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
mental derangement; mental confusion; alienation
psychiatry; psychiatric department
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
accusation; complaint; charge; legal action
investigator (usu. of criminal cases)
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
retiring from military service
large number (of); many; majority
mass communication; mass media
to sniff out; to get wind of
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
sedative; tranquilizer; tranquiliser
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
investigator; interrogator
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
softly; mildly; gently; politely
post-traumatic stress disorder; PTSD
post-traumatic stress disorder; PTSD