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Gentry was also accused of stealing a vehicle at gunpoint and shooting one of the occupants in the leg while attempting to flee the scene, however, authorities arrested him minutes later.
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Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 13 July 2024
Another robbery was reported near the same spot on June 9 around the same time as the previous day: Police took a report that three men were robbed at gunpoint and that a man since identified as Valdez ordered one of the victims to the ground, and later shot at him before fleeing.
—Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024
The other occupant was forced into a separate vehicle and, prosecutors said Wednesday, forcibly raped at gunpoint.
—Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2024
The alleged leader of an armed robbery crew charged with killing a New Zealand tourist last week outside Newport Beach’s Fashion Island mall had been placed on probation for stealing a Rolex at gunpoint in Santa Monica.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
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Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 13 July 2024
Another robbery was reported near the same spot on June 9 around the same time as the previous day: Police took a report that three men were robbed at gunpoint and that a man since identified as Valdez ordered one of the victims to the ground, and later shot at him before fleeing.
—Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024
The other occupant was forced into a separate vehicle and, prosecutors said Wednesday, forcibly raped at gunpoint.
—Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 10 July 2024
The alleged leader of an armed robbery crew charged with killing a New Zealand tourist last week outside Newport Beach’s Fashion Island mall had been placed on probation for stealing a Rolex at gunpoint in Santa Monica.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
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“Gunpoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunpoint. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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gunpoint
noun
gun·point
ˈgən-ˌpȯint 
: the muzzle of a gun
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