After + Being

[TheParser]

Officer Russel Donrough got seriously injured after being shot twice in the face in the early morning hours of July 9.

Is it

Officer Russel Donrough got seriously injured after he was shot twice in the face in the early morning hours of July 9.

or

Officer Russel Donrough got seriously injured after he had been shot twice in the face in the early morning hours of July 9.

NOT A TEACHER

(1) I feel that the use of "got" is not what most Americans would say. I believe that the sentence should read: Officer Russel Donrough was seriously injured after [his] being shot twice in the face ....

(2) You then ask "Is it [was shot] or [had been shot]?"

(3) I believe that the "perfect" answer is "had been shot." That is, the passive of the

past perfect. As you know, the past perfect refers to something that happened

before something else happened. ("I had eaten before you came to my house.")

In theory, then, Officer Donrough had been shot at 1:13 p.m., one second before the

injuries affected his body at 1:13.01 p.m.

(4) I think that in this case, thanks to the word "after," either "was shot" or "had been

shot" would be acceptable to most teachers.

 

[5jj]

I mean how we can make the reduction of a sentence which is passive present/past/perfect continuous tense.

I don't really like the word 'reduction' It hardly applies to the fact that these convey the same message:

After he was (or had been) shot.......After being shot ...

Progressive/continuous perfect passive constructions are so rare that some native speakers claim they are not possible. I accept they are very rare, but feel that they are possible; the non-progressive form is almost always preferred:

After he had been (being) interrogated for eight hours, the suspect asked for a glass of water.
After being interrogated for eight hours, the suspect asked for a glass of water.


After having been interrogated... is possible, but less common.