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Shoot 'Em Up (film)

Shoot 'Em Up is a 2007 American action comedy film directed by Michael Davis, starring Clive Owen as a gunman protecting a newborn from assassins.

Shoot (professional wrestling)

Shoot (professional wrestling): an unscripted, real event in wrestling, opposite of a "work"; covers shoot fights, shoot promos like CM Punk's 2011 pipebomb, and Japanese shoot wrestling (UWF, Shooto, Pancrase).

Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon

Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon: Pop Smoke's posthumous debut album, released July 3, 2020, executive produced by 50 Cent; 19 songs, debuted No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 251,000 units.

Shoot the Moon

Shoot the Moon is a 1982 divorce drama directed by Alan Parker, written by Bo Goldman, starring Albert Finney and Diane Keaton, set in Marin County, shown in competition at Cannes 1982.

Shoot the Piano Player

Shoot the Piano Player (Tirez sur le pianiste) is François Truffaut's 1960 French New Wave neo-noir, adapted from David Goodis's Down There, starring Charles Aznavour as a former concert pianist in a Paris bar.

Shoot wrestling

Shoot wrestling: Japanese pro wrestling style emulating real catch-as-catch-can combat, begun with the 1984 UWF (Maeda, Takada, Fujiwara, Karl Gotch training); led to Pancrase, Shooto, RINGS, UWFi and modern MMA.

Shooter (2007 film)

Shooter is a 2007 American conspiracy action thriller directed by Antoine Fuqua, in which Mark Wahlberg plays a former Marine sniper framed for an assassination attempt who hunts the officials who betrayed him.

Shooter (drink)

A shooter, also called a cocktail shooter, is a small mixed alcoholic drink of several ingredients, downed in one or two gulps, that emerged in the 1970s.

Shooter (TV series)

Shooter is a 2016–2018 USA Network action drama starring Ryan Phillippe as sniper Bob Lee Swagger, adapted from Stephen Hunter's novel Point of Impact and the 2007 Mark Wahlberg film; 3 seasons, 31 episodes, twice-delayed premiere, canceled in 2018.

Shooter game

Shooter game: action video game genre centered on defeating enemies with firearms or long-range weapons, split into FPS and TPS perspectives. Spans Space Invaders (1978) to Battlefield 6; among the most popular genres worldwide.

Shooter Jennings

Shooter Jennings, born Waylon Albright Jennings (1979), is an American outlaw country and rock singer-songwriter and Grammy-winning producer, son of Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter; albums include Put the O Back in Country, Black Ribbons, and Songbird-era Waylon archive work.

Shooting

Shooting, or ISSF shooting sport, is the Olympic target-shooting discipline in rifle, pistol, and shotgun, governed by the International Shooting Sport Federation since 1907, with 15 Olympic events and new LA28 finals formats.

Shooting an Elephant

Shooting an Elephant is George Orwell's 1936 essay, first published in New Writing, about a colonial policeman in Moulmein, Burma, forced by a crowd to shoot a rogue elephant; its historicity is debated.

Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays

Shooting an Elephant and Other Essays is a posthumous collection of 18 essays by George Orwell, published in London in 1950, nine months after his death.

Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics (Tokyo 2020, held 2021): 15 events at Asaka Shooting Range, 24 July–2 August 2021; three mixed team events debuted, China topped the medals, San Marino won its first ever Olympic medal.

Shooting at the 2026 Asian Games

Shooting at the 2026 Asian Games (Aichi-Nagoya 2026) ran 17 September to 3 October at the Aichi Prefectural General Shooting Gallery: 28 events, 449 athletes from 33 NOCs, 168 medals, China topping the standings.

Shooting at the Asian Games

Shooting at the Asian Games is the shooting competition staged under ISSF and Asian Shooting Confederation rules, featuring 28 events and 449 athletes at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Games.

Shooting at the Commonwealth Games

Shooting at the Commonwealth Games is the target shooting discipline, covering clay target, full bore rifle, small bore rifle, and pistol events, first contested at Kingston 1966.

Shooting at the Summer Olympics

Shooting at the Summer Olympics: ISSF-governed rifle, pistol, and shotgun target shooting on the Olympic program since 1896; 15 medal events, finals from zero since 2013, mixed teams since Tokyo 2020, LA28 formats confirmed.

Shooting brake

A shooting brake is a car body style combining a coupé's proportions with an estate car's extended roof and rear load area, traditionally with two doors.

Shooting guard

Shooting guard (two guard, off guard): basketball's #2 perimeter position, a long-range scorer and perimeter defender. NBA SGs average 11.0 PPG, 36.1% on threes, 6'3"-6'6"; lowest-paid position; Jordan the archetype.

Shooting method

The shooting method is a numerical technique for solving boundary value problems of ordinary differential equations, adjusting guessed initial conditions until the boundary conditions hold.

Shooting of Charles Kinsey

Shooting of Charles Kinsey: July 18, 2016 North Miami, Florida police shooting of unarmed behavioral therapist Charles Kinsey by officer Jonathan Aledda while Kinsey aided autistic client Arnaldo Rios Soto; led to negligence trial and autism-training legislation.

Shooting of Daniel Shaver

The shooting of Daniel Shaver, also known as the killing of Daniel Shaver, was the 2016 fatal police shooting of an unarmed 26-year-old Texan by an officer in Mesa, Arizona.

Shooting of David Ortiz

Shooting of David Ortiz: June 9, 2019 attack at Dial Bar and Lounge, Santo Domingo, that wounded the retired Red Sox slugger and Jhoel López; officially a mistaken-identity hit, later linked by a private investigation to Cesar Peralta.

Shooting of Jacob Blake

The shooting of Jacob Blake occurred August 23, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, when officer Rusten Sheskey fired seven rounds into Blake's back, leaving the 29-year-old partially paralyzed; state and federal reviews ended without charges.

Shooting of Liz Barraza

Unsolved January 25, 2019 shooting of 29-year-old Liz Barraza, killed in her Tomball, Texas driveway while setting up a garage sale; investigated as a possible murder-for-hire with a black Nissan Frontier suspect vehicle and no arrests as of 2025–2026.

Shooting of Marimar Martinez

Marimar Martinez, a 30-year-old U.S. citizen, was shot five times by CBP agent Charles Exum in Chicago's Brighton Park on October 4, 2025, during Operation Midway Blitz; charges against her were dismissed and she later sued.

Shooting of Mima Alicia

Killing of Alicia "Mima Alicia" Lipata, 24-year-old Filipino pro-Marcos political vlogger, shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Caloocan on July 17, 2026; two suspects arrested July 23 in Pampanga, motive linked to an 8-million-peso debt.

Shooting range

A shooting range, also called a firing range or gun range, is a facility where people practice firearms or archery under controlled safety conditions, indoors or outdoors.