After a shooting, one’s expected to recover (9)
I believe the answer is:
retriever
'after a shooting' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'one's expected to recover' is the wordplay.
'one's expected' becomes 'r' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'recover' becomes 'retrieve' (synonyms).
'r' after 'retrieve' is 'RETRIEVER'.
(Other definitions for retriever that I've seen before include "Hound" , "Dog that fetches for its master" , "Gun-dog, may be golden" , "Dog bred to fetch game" , "someone to set the situation right?" .)