gunman

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Martin is the second gunman discovered by Secret Service agents at Mar-a-Lago in recent years.

From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026

The officers were ordered not to stop the gunman because an armed response unit was being despatched from Inverness, 100 miles away.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

“Why wasn’t the school district notified about a gunman? Why weren’t parents warned?” said Jody Vallejo, a Fullerton parent and professor of sociology at USC.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

Washington blamed the attack on a lone IS gunman in Syria's Palmyra.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

It’s actually hard to tell if he would have preferred the gunman to get away simply to prove his car isn’t so useless.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak