shooter
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Shortly after the conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated, Patel tweeted that the shooter was in custody; it turned out to be a case of mistaken identity.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026
It took 19 minutes from the time the fatal shot was fired for campus officials to send the first active shooter alert.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The BBC's Jonathan Head attended a shooting drill at a high school in Bangkok run by Thai police, who hope the drill will help prepare students in the event of an active shooter.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
But Michael Sanft, Davis’ defense lawyer, argued that the prosecution had no forensics, no eyewitness and not a single shred of physical evidence placing Davis in the Cadillac with the shooter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
“So he must be a good shooter then, huh?”
From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds
Abdullah, a longtime security guard, was praised for his heroic actions confronting the shooters and giving others time to flee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
He added: "There are people that are very anti-grouse shooting. Fair enough, that's your choice. But that's clouding their view about muirburn because they're saying because grouse shooters do it, it must be bad."
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Washington and Tim Hardaway Jr., all of whom were athletic, three-point shooters and good defenders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
He either swats away shot attempts or, more often, makes would-be shooters run away in terror before they even look at the rim—a phenomenon known as the “Nope.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
When you were shooting badly you got into a bad temper, just as the wealthy pheasant shooters do today.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
