Moesher, the crack shot, did most of the work, eliminating witnesses against Viaselli.

Investigators said they believed that only one of the victims was the intended target, and that the others had been shot to eliminate witnesses.

I think maybe he's eliminating witnesses to something.

They included an internal power struggle, a fight over money, a need to eliminate witnesses.

If we eliminate witnesses against the subject, he is in our debt.

He said the government was eliminating witnesses who might dispute the testimony of others, thus minimizing juror confusion.

If cops came knocking, there were often tunnels, secret exits or, at least, a working cleanup plan that would eliminate potential witnesses.

"A man like him, with his capacity for violence, might eliminate witnesses."

Evidently, as feared, some criminals murdered to eliminate witnesses.

The killings continued, they said, as the boy tried to eliminate potential witnesses.