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Recent Examples of gunman
Police are searching for the gunman in an overnight shooting that left four people injured at a park in Harlem.
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Kristie Keleshian,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
The alleged gunman had been spotted all over the continent in the last few months of his life, according to a flood of reports fielded by the Warren Commission.
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Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
The gunman fled on foot after the shooting.
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Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2026
Surveillance video showed a masked gunman shooting him from behind.
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Michael R. Sisak,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Kristie Keleshian,
CBS News,
21 June 2026
The alleged gunman had been spotted all over the continent in the last few months of his life, according to a flood of reports fielded by the Warren Commission.
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Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
The gunman fled on foot after the shooting.
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Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2026
Surveillance video showed a masked gunman shooting him from behind.
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Michael R. Sisak,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gunman
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Incel ideology tied to past attacks Incel ideology has been linked to other mass killings in Canada, including the 2018 Toronto van attack, when a perpetrator who identified as an incel drove down a crowded sidewalk and deliberately killed 10 people.
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The perpetrator was sentenced to 13 years in prison in March.
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Police said Houston entered his ex-girlfriend’s home and drew a gun.
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In addition to the hundreds of pounds of meth, investigators also found $3,200 of cash, a money counter, a digital scale and multiple guns.
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As a pirate assassin and post-apocalyptic warrior, Krem of the Yellow Hills connects with Aries.
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The report’s key finding was that an odd, angry, 24-year-old assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, had acted alone, for reasons nobody could quite figure out.
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Built by Boeing, the eight-engine B-52 Stratofortress can carry a crew of up to five — a flight commander, a pilot, a radar navigator, an electronic warfare officer and a tail gunner.
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This mode lets one player control the Arwing's pilot (me in this instance), while the other plays the gunner (Jordan), both using a single Joy-Con.
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Deputies responded to the area and identified an undisclosed number of juveniles as the offenders, officials said.
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Washington faces decisions about whether to sanction firms that engage in distillation, restrict the chips and cloud infrastructure that support it, and create legal safe harbors for American AI labs to share threat intelligence about offenders.
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What begins as a chance to escape the routine of his everyday life quickly spirals into a dangerous gathering of powerful criminals, old enemies, and unresolved loyalties.
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That creates the perfect opening for criminals.
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Toph has to integrate being a Beifong with being this rough, tough earthbender who is the blind bandit.
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The tree is said to have sheltered Robin Hood, the legendary 13th-century bandit who stole from the rich and gave to the poor and took refuge in the forest when being pursued by the sheriff of Nottingham.
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Stock Chart IconStock chart icon SpaceX, 1 day The accuracy of the perp pricing for such a high-profile event keeps pressure on traditional exchanges who have to keep up with the rapid evolution of investment products and asset classes like event contracts and perpetual futures.
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But then a rumor started that Detective Jennifer Lawrence was the one who’d ID’d the perp.
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“Gunman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gunman. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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