triggerman
noun
trig·ger·man
ˈtri-gər-mən 
-ˌman
: a gunman who shoots the victim (as in a gangland murder)
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The other two defendants in the murder are Caleb Leyland and alleged triggerman Kayden McIntosh.
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2024
All three men were arrested shortly after the killing, but police failed to book Gilbert on a murder warrant, according to Alameda County Public Defender Brendon Woods, whose office is representing Mitchell and has fingered Gilbert at the triggerman.
—Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
Namely, that Smith and not Anderson was the actual triggerman that night in retaliation for the beatdown at the MGM.
—John L. Smith, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
Jones set a status check-in for Nov. 7, when a trial date is expected to be made.
Davis, former leader of the South Side Crips in Compton, Calif., allegedly passed the murder weapon, a .40-caliber handgun, to his nephew and suspected triggerman Orlando Anderson.
—John Smith, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
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Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2024
All three men were arrested shortly after the killing, but police failed to book Gilbert on a murder warrant, according to Alameda County Public Defender Brendon Woods, whose office is representing Mitchell and has fingered Gilbert at the triggerman.
—Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2024
Namely, that Smith and not Anderson was the actual triggerman that night in retaliation for the beatdown at the MGM.
—John L. Smith, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
Jones set a status check-in for Nov. 7, when a trial date is expected to be made.
Davis, former leader of the South Side Crips in Compton, Calif., allegedly passed the murder weapon, a .40-caliber handgun, to his nephew and suspected triggerman Orlando Anderson.
—John Smith, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
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“Triggerman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triggerman. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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