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Namely, that Smith and not Anderson was the actual triggerman that night in retaliation for the beatdown at the MGM.
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John L. Smith, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
Jones set a status check-in for Nov. 7, when a trial date is expected to be made.
Davis, former leader of the South Side Crips in Compton, Calif., allegedly passed the murder weapon, a .40-caliber handgun, to his nephew and suspected triggerman Orlando Anderson.
—John Smith, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
He was arrested after triggerman Henry Arthur Tenon, 62, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, court records show.
—CBS News, 21 Aug. 2023
James Howard Jackson, 20, was the triggerman in the shooting of Ryan Fischer on Feb. 25, 2021, as Fischer was walking Lady Gaga’s three French bulldogs on Sierra Bonita Avenue in Hollywood.
—Noah Goldbergstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2022
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John L. Smith, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
Jones set a status check-in for Nov. 7, when a trial date is expected to be made.
Davis, former leader of the South Side Crips in Compton, Calif., allegedly passed the murder weapon, a .40-caliber handgun, to his nephew and suspected triggerman Orlando Anderson.
—John Smith, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
He was arrested after triggerman Henry Arthur Tenon, 62, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, court records show.
—CBS News, 21 Aug. 2023
James Howard Jackson, 20, was the triggerman in the shooting of Ryan Fischer on Feb. 25, 2021, as Fischer was walking Lady Gaga’s three French bulldogs on Sierra Bonita Avenue in Hollywood.
—Noah Goldbergstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for triggerman
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Harry is a detective with the Miami-Dade Police Department and a forensics expert who trains Dexter to focus his homicidal impulses on killing murderers without getting caught.Ashley Hume, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Read more The killer was masked before, during and after the killing and facial recognition software failed to identify the murderer because there was only a partial view of his face.Sean O'Driscoll, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Many others have expressed condemnation and voiced disgust with those showing support for the alleged assassin.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
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There was little chance The Day of the Jackal, Peacock and Sky’s remake of Fred Zinnemann’s classic 1973 thriller, was going to do its titular assassin dirty in the end, especially since it was already announced the hit series (now a Golden Globe nominee!) would be getting a second season.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2024
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Six more torpedoes struck the ship, ripping its port side open.Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
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Collectors can also bid on pocket watches recovered from the Lusitania, the British ocean liner that sank after being hit by a German torpedo in 1915.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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The unknown killer becomes a twisted sensation on social media.Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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Two serial killer cases at the same time in the same city; one a lone predator and the other with two suspects arrested and possible third investigated.Karen Bartunek, The Arizona Republic, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Triggerman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triggerman. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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