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Then, about an hour later, Penn Hills police were called to Dauntless Drive for reports of a man trying to carjack an elderly couple at knifepoint.
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Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 9 May 2026
Investigators subsequently learned she had been kidnapped at knifepoint and taken from her bedroom by Brian David Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
By the time Noemi Guzman held a toddler at knifepoint in front of a Nebraska Walmart, the 31-year-old woman had struggled with mental illness for several years of her life.
—Selina Guevara, NBC news, 19 Apr. 2026
Husien then reportedly committed robberies at an unspecified minimart and at a San Jose liquor store on McKee Road, the latter allegedly at knifepoint.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
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Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 9 May 2026
Investigators subsequently learned she had been kidnapped at knifepoint and taken from her bedroom by Brian David Mitchell and his wife, Wanda Barzee.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
By the time Noemi Guzman held a toddler at knifepoint in front of a Nebraska Walmart, the 31-year-old woman had struggled with mental illness for several years of her life.
—Selina Guevara, NBC news, 19 Apr. 2026
Husien then reportedly committed robberies at an unspecified minimart and at a San Jose liquor store on McKee Road, the latter allegedly at knifepoint.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
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“Knifepoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knifepoint. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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