suspect
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He told reporters at Stormont: "There is no trace of this suspect on any of our national security databases and he was not known to the Police Service of Northern Ireland."
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Law enforcement sources told The Times that investigators are still trying to determine the sequence of shots and if the shots from the suspect or other police hit the officer.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
And if we put screening, people will be identified as suspect cases, and we will have to send them away to the isolation that’s hundreds of kilometers away,’ ” Newport said.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
Henderson told reporters the suspect, who lived near the scene of the attack, had entered the UK from Ireland to the south, after first arriving in Dublin.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
“I suspect it all amounts to greed,” she whispered.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
Vocabulary lists containing suspect
Unit 3: Compelling Evidence
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