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drive-by shooting  

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  • Drive by shootings, colloquially known simply as “drive-bys,” are a tactic used by urban guerrillas, political assassins, terrorists, and criminal gangs. Drive-bys are armed attacks made from moving or momentarily stopped vehicles against individuals in the open, in other vehicles, or in structures. [Source: Encyclopedia of Street Crime in America; Drive-By Shooting]

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