shooter

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Mueller is a "consummate professional and a straight shooter," then-FBI chief Christopher Wray, a Trump appointee, said in July 2019.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

Part of that is because there are so many options from three-point range that Rice doesn’t have to be the primary shooter.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

“It is a narrative operation using a shared cultural vocabulary to reach a specific demographic,” namely anyone who has played these first-person shooter games.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

In 2014, the state agreed to resentence DeBruce, the actual shooter, to life without parole.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

To defend John Ramsey, Roan’s alleged shooter, Hale hired an attorney named Jim Springer, who was known as a fixer.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann