Complex sentence: On November 20,2014, NYPD Officer Peter Liang's gun was discharged, hit the wall and ricocheted unarmed 28-year-old Akai Gurley at a Brooklyn housing project.
Split into simpler sentences: On November 20,2014, NYPD Officer Peter Liang fired his pistol. The bullet hit the wall and ricocheted unarmed 28-year-old Akai Gurley at a Brooklyn housing project.