1.   The crime is a chilling echo of the murders that shocked the city two years ago.

2.   It took four days for the story to reach the public, but when it did, it shocked the city.

3.   The attack, in daylight and in a populated area, shocked the city.

4.   The murder of Levin, son of Time Warner chairman Gerald M. Levin, shocked a city whose crime rate has been plummeting.

5.   The killing of Ms. Groves may have shocked the city enough to demand it, said Ms. Howell, the lawyer.

6.   The murder that shocked the city could have been done on a dare.

7.   The story shocked the city and made national headlines.

8.   A day after police boasted of a decline in kidnappings, three daylight abductions shocked this city and raised suspicions that police officers were involved.

9.   It was the first deadly bombing in Paris in nine years and shocked the city at the height of the tourist season.

10.   The bomb has shocked a city proud of its image as a safe tourist destination in a country infamous for its high crime rate.