In The Suburbs, a Hunter uses a mounted sniper rifle in an attempt to kill Joel, Ellie, Henry, and Sam. It takes between 1-4 shots to kill Joel depending on the difficulty and how much health Joel has before getting hit.. Joel kills the Hunter after making it to the house, using the nearby cars and houses as cover. Joel then uses the rifle to cover Ellie, Sam, and Henry from the oncoming waves of Hunters; a single hit taking out each one.

The Hunter's Humvee soon arrives and begins to close in on the trio as Joel shoots to no avail. The Humvee was finally destroyed when Joel managed to snipe the gunner as he was about to throw a Molotov cocktail, immolating the interior and sending the vehicle crashing into a house. The Military Sniper was then abandoned when a large group of Infected, attracted by the noise of the battle, began to swarm the neighborhood.