annoying lazy journalism(pet hates)

lazy and annoying words and phrtases have encroached more and more in recent years even on the bbc !'17 year old man'(surely 17 YEAR OLD IS BELOW THE AGE OF ADULTHOOD WHICH IS 18
It's been dubbed! surely just shorthand for i thought of this name for .
gunned down surely the word is shot unless they were hit over the head with a gun