Complex sentence: Over thirty shots were fired that day and the spectacle lasted long enough for curious townsfolk to take up positions and watch from a nearby hill, but nobody was hurt as result, except for Chavez who was knocked unconscious by Deputy Bright.
Split into simpler sentences: Over thirty shots were fired that day and the spectacle lasted long enough for curious townsfolk to take up positions and watch from a nearby hill. Nobody was hurt as result, except for Chavez who was knocked unconscious by Deputy Bright.