Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

Shootout

Combat between two parties using firearms From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Shootout
Remove ads
This article is about gun battles. For other uses, see Shootout (disambiguation).
"Gunfight" redirects here. For other uses, see Gunfight (disambiguation).

A shootout, also called a firefight, gunfight, or gun battle, is a confrontation in which parties armed with firearms exchange gunfire. The term can be used to describe any such fight, though it is typically used in a non-military context or to describe combat situations primarily using firearms (generally excluding crew-served weapons, combat vehicles, armed aircraft, or explosives).

Thumb
A still from police body camera footage of a shootout between a suspect and Volusia County, Florida sheriff's deputies in 2019

Shootouts often pit law enforcement against criminals, though they can also involve parties outside of law enforcement, such as rival gangs, militias, or individuals. Military combat situations are rarely titled "shootouts", and are almost always considered battles, engagements, skirmishes, exchanges, or firefights.

Shootouts are often depicted in action films, Westerns, and video games.[1]

Remove ads

List of notable shootouts

Summarize
Perspective
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
More information Incident, Location ...
Remove ads

See also

References

Loading related searches...

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads
Remove ads