Complex sentence: As the creature begins to strangle him, the officer shoots him in the neck and Gil falls several stories to his death while Buckell, Hoffman and a sobbing Lansing watch in dismay.
Split into simpler sentences: As the creature begins to strangle him, the officer shoots him in the neck. Mortally wounded, the mutated Gil falls several stories to his death while Buckell, Hoffman and a sobbing Lansing watch in dismay.