Gun play vs shots fired..

What's up with the use of the words "gun play" these days? Does being involved in gun play, carry a lighter sentence than being involved when shots are fired? Well, being involved in gun play does sound friendlier than being involved in a shooting, but somebody could end up dead or injured either way. 

Shooter fires two bullets at car on Columbia Terrace

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Daylight Gunplay: Two shot in West Bluff

Third escaped shot as bullet passed through clothing

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Bullet hole found in window of Peoria home

Another homicide, as police layoffs are pending and gunplay continues in City streets

Peoria man dies after being shot in the chest
Sun, Dec 12, 2010

A Peoria man was fatally shot in the 1500 block of South Stanley Street about 6:30 p.m. Sunday. The death is Peoria's 19th homicide of the year.

Police found the man unresponsive with a gunshot wound to his chest when they arrived. Emergency personnel attempted to revive him but failed. The gunshot victim, a man in his 40s, lived at 1524 S. Stanley, Peoria County Coroner Johnna Ingersoll said. Source

Three men beat, rob and shoot at victim
Sat, Dec 11, 2010
A 58-year-old man was beaten, robbed and shot at by a group of men about 10:45 p.m. Saturday near the 1800 block of West Ann Street. Source

3-year-old shooting victim in critical but stable condition
Sun, Dec 12, 2010
The 3-year-old who was shot in the head Friday night remains at an area hospital in critical but stable condition, police said Sunday. Source