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In 2016, five Dallas police officers were murdered by a heavily armed sniper who was targeting white police officers.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
The chaotic arrest was carried out by ICE agents who forcibly entered the apartment heavily armed, looking for someone else.
—Patricia Ortiz, Charlotte Observer, 31 Aug. 2025
The attacker in a Catholic church school shooting in Minnesota that killed two children and injured 18 others arrived at the scene heavily armed with an AR-15-style rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun and a 9mm pistol, according to court records obtained by the St. Cloud Times, part of the USA TODAY Network.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
Leann Williams, a resident of New Orleans neighborhood Tremé, was unnerved by the sight of heavily armed military personnel holding machine guns at the Superdome.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
The chaotic arrest was carried out by ICE agents who forcibly entered the apartment heavily armed, looking for someone else.
—Patricia Ortiz, Charlotte Observer, 31 Aug. 2025
The attacker in a Catholic church school shooting in Minnesota that killed two children and injured 18 others arrived at the scene heavily armed with an AR-15-style rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun and a 9mm pistol, according to court records obtained by the St. Cloud Times, part of the USA TODAY Network.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
Leann Williams, a resident of New Orleans neighborhood Tremé, was unnerved by the sight of heavily armed military personnel holding machine guns at the Superdome.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Heavily armed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heavily%20armed. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.
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