Katelynn Strate, 17, was seven months pregnant when she was hit by a bullet during the incident in Ponchatoula, Louisiana

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    22 days ago

    some writers don’t like to use the same word on adjacent sentences, the title had shot, so they chose hit for the subtitle

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      Could’ve gone with murdered or fatally wounded. Of course it’s all half measures when it’s still passive voice. The right play is “<person> fatally wounded <person> when they chose to unleash their rage in a fit of ego.”