How to Use gunman in a Sentence

gunman

noun

• They were shot by an unknown gunman.
• The gunman doubled back to the class across the hall, but not to Room 1214.
  — Emily Baumgaertner Nunn, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
• The gunman then opened fire on the others in the group, striking one of the men.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
• Neither the name of the gunman or the victims have been release.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 18 June 2023
• New warning signs emerge in the background of the Maine gunman.
  — Richie Duchon, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2023
• During the struggle, police said the gunman was shot in the face.
  — Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2023
• The other two culprits fled the scene in a silver SUV, and the gunman fled on foot.
  — Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
• That car was fired on by gunmen in a truck, Maya said, and she was hit in both legs.
  — Bianna Golodryga, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
• The victims had close links to the gunman, police said.
  — Stevo Vasiljevic, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
• Police did not say what type of weapon was used by the gunman.
  — Henrik Pettersson, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
• The gunman opened fire from a high-rise suite at the Mandalay Bay casino.
  — Ken Ritter and Rio Yamat The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2023
• Minutes after the gunmen entered, the Stahl and her four guests were all shot in the head.
  — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2024
• It is believed the gunman then turned the gun on himself.
  — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
• The gunmen tried to beat down the door to the safe room before exiting the ship and making their way back to the shores of Yemen.
  — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 27 Nov. 2023
• Hudson was inside the club and was hit by the early rounds fired by the gunman.
  — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2022
• The gunman, John T. Earnest, was charged in state and federal court.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2023
• The gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, opened fire from the roof of a building near where Trump was speaking.
  — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 23 Sep. 2024
• Survivors said the man pleaded with the gunmen not to enter the building.
  — Isabel Kershner Amit Elkayam, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
• He was confronted by a gunman who fired shots and then fled the scene, Wade said.
  — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2024
• The teenage boys stood in a crowd of people when they were shot by an unknown gunman.
  — Olivia Alexander, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2023
• The idea being, there had to be a gunman in front of JFK if the bullet entered through his neck.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2023
• The Parkland gunman is no longer in the custody of the Broward Sheriff’s Office.
  — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2022
• Ruiz was then sent to the nearby house where the gunman lived with his grandparents.
  — Lomi Kriel, ProPublica, 11 Aug. 2024
• The rhetoric that inspired the gunman in El Paso hasn’t lost its prominence.
  — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2023
• The gunman pointed the barrel at Hughes’ head and fired two more shots.
  — Keith Sharon, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024
• The explosion was controlled, the victims and gunmen were actors, and the blood was fake.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2024
• The gunman ran off after the shooting and had not been found as of midmorning, O’Brien said.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2023
• He is seen inside the school hallway when a burst of gunfire comes from the classrooms where the gunman was.
  — Shimon Prokupecz, CNN, 24 Oct. 2022
• This shocking video shows a Chick-fil-A worker fight off a gunman.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2024
• The gunman eventually left the ICU holding a member of the hospital staff — who had her hands tied with zip ties — at gunpoint.
  — Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 14 Mar 2025