Obviously, he did not want to trade gunfire.

Rebels and government troops here traded mortar rounds and automatic gunfire - at times inside the city.

The two sides had traded war declarations and gunfire on several occasions before.

How do you explain fear to someone who probably traded gunfire as a toddler?

For the last week, rival Christian factions have been trading gunfire daily in their enclave north of here.

The Islamic University students threw stones back, and later the two sides traded gunfire, the witnesses and security officials said.

The gunman, Robert Stewart, traded gunfire with a local police officer before he was wounded and taken to a nearby medical facility.

Police officers traded gunfire with a man in Brooklyn yesterday, wounding him after what witnesses said was a fight between rival gangs.

The man was later killed when he traded gunfire with other officers, the police said.

The officer traded gunfire with the robber, who escaped, they said.