1.   But before the arrests could be made, the shootout began.

2.   I raced to a popular sports bar as the penalty-kick shootout began.

3.   Law enforcement officers say the shootout began after Leonard Peters refused to put down a rifle he was holding and began shooting.

4.   On the street below, Hilda Rodriguez thought a shootout had begun.

5.   The shootout began with Baresi hitting a line drive into the stands.

6.   Their captors had stopped to set up camp before the shootout began.

7.   Once in Torremolinos, the man rammed a police vehicle, a shootout began and he was killed, police said.

8.   The Lebanese security sources said the shootout began when a guerrilla squad was spotted trying to infiltrate an Israeli-held south Lebanon border enclave.

9.   The shootout began when the assailants discovered the van police gave them would not start.

10.   The shootout with cops began after a passing police patrol became suspicious of the bulky, blanket-covered bodies and questioned the suspects.