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gunman

[guhn-muhn] / ˈgʌn mən /


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Its latest moves include a criminal probe into OpenAI launched in April after reviewing communications between the suspected gunman in a 2025 fatal shooting at Florida State University and ChatGPT, the company’s chatbot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Police have said another teacher - who has not been named - attempted to disarm the gunman by throwing her mobile phone.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The Slovenian-born former model skipped a number of other major events including the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner on July 24, despite having attended the first version in April, which was disrupted by a gunman.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Police said the gunman acted alone and an investigation remains ongoing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

Father and the gunman glance at each other, communicating some meaning I don’t catch.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

At only eight, she fled war-torn Somalia with her family after gunmen attacked their home and lived in a refugee camp in Kenya for four years.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

The 72-year-old former president has always denied involvement in the November 2023 attempted coup when gunmen broke into a military armoury and several prisons, freeing almost 2,000 inmates.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Police did not say how many shots the officer fired or whether the gunmen were struck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

Awad and another man -- named as Mansour Kaziha -- drew the gunmen back into the parking lot.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

The army said they were holding him so they could identify the gunmen.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai


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