Complex sentence: Tensions escalated after police fired into the crowd with over 100 shots fired killing two small children, the mob resorted to explosive dynamite in attempts to get where they thought Peck was being held.
Split into simpler sentences: Tensions escalated after police fired into the crowd with over 100 shots fired, killing two small children. The mob resorted to explosive dynamite in attempts to get where they thought Peck was being held.