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When he tried to escape prison and while he was trying to climb over the fence he was shot by a "warning shot" 17 times.
He tried to run away from the prison/jail and they shot him.

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Tom Robinson, a black man, was shot and killed while trying to escape from prison in Harper Lee's novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'. He was shot multiple times by prison guards during his attempt to flee, which resulted in his tragic death.

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