"Police shoot dead man in Seattle courthouse"
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/21/seattle.courthouse.ap/index.html
So, he was dead when they shot him? Of course not!
It should read "Police fatally shoot man in Seattle courthouse"
or "Police shoot man dead in Seattle courthouse" would be acceptable (not good, but acceptable).
Don't they have any editors?
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/21/seattle.courthouse.ap/index.html
So, he was dead when they shot him? Of course not!
It should read "Police fatally shoot man in Seattle courthouse"
or "Police shoot man dead in Seattle courthouse" would be acceptable (not good, but acceptable).
Don't they have any editors?