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On Tuesday, jurors heard testimony from a New Castle County, Delaware, police officer who responded when Randle reported that Dinkins had been kidnapped at gunpoint.
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Ashley Paul, CBS News, 3 June 2026
On four occasions, reporters found, officers held teenagers at gunpoint.
—Clare Amari, New York Times, 27 May 2026
The latest effort from idiosyncratic director Gus Van Sant dramatizes a bizarre true story about a 1977 hostage situation where a man named Tony Kistis held a mortgage broker at gunpoint with a shotgun wired to his neck.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 22 May 2026
The shooting occurred after Bass had robbed a lounge at gunpoint.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 20 May 2026
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Ashley Paul, CBS News, 3 June 2026
On four occasions, reporters found, officers held teenagers at gunpoint.
—Clare Amari, New York Times, 27 May 2026
The latest effort from idiosyncratic director Gus Van Sant dramatizes a bizarre true story about a 1977 hostage situation where a man named Tony Kistis held a mortgage broker at gunpoint with a shotgun wired to his neck.
—K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 22 May 2026
The shooting occurred after Bass had robbed a lounge at gunpoint.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC news, 20 May 2026
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“Gunpoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunpoint. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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gunpoint
noun
gun·point
ˈgən-ˌpȯint 
: the muzzle of a gun
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