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Marcel Ware, 20, faces felony charges of possessing an assault rifle, gun and ammunition possession by a felon, and a misdemeanor count of resisting arrest.
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
Video from the attack showed one assailant carrying what appeared to be an assault rifle, wearing a brown backpack, and hiding behind a bus when exchanging fire with police.
—Suzan Fraser, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Video from the attack showed one assailant carrying what appeared to be an assault rifle, wearing a brown backpack and hiding behind a bus when exchanging fire with police.
—ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
Hours later, Thomas reportedly returned with an AK-47 assault rifle and fired 31 rounds into the man’s home.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2026
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
Video from the attack showed one assailant carrying what appeared to be an assault rifle, wearing a brown backpack, and hiding behind a bus when exchanging fire with police.
—Suzan Fraser, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
Video from the attack showed one assailant carrying what appeared to be an assault rifle, wearing a brown backpack and hiding behind a bus when exchanging fire with police.
—ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
Hours later, Thomas reportedly returned with an AK-47 assault rifle and fired 31 rounds into the man’s home.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for assault rifle
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Analysis shows that nearly 20% of mass killings are committed with weapons other than firearms Semiautomatic handguns are far more common in mass killings than guns that are typically characterized as assault weapons, such as the AR-15.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2026
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Davis faces state felony charges of possessing an assault weapon, being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and having a firearm after a prior juvenile conviction.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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While taking fire in thigh-deep snow, Chapman cleared an enemy bunker before charging a second one with a machine gun.—
Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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Tybee Island’s controversial Orange Crush weekend ended with 26 arrests and five firearms seized, including one weapon police say had been converted into a makeshift machine gun capable of fully automatic fire.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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On the roof, a three-year-old boy from Chile plays with a toy submachine gun, pointing it at anyone who comes within range.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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Police learned Pyles owns a handgun and a submachine gun, according to charging documents.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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One casing is a 9mm caliber, likely a pistol, or a machine pistol or a submachine gun, Weir said.—
Mohammad Al Sawalhi,
CNN,
26 June 2024
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Prosecutors said police found two weapons in the getaway car when the men were detained on a highway about 50 kilometers (30 miles) outside Amsterdam, a Heckler and Koch machine pistol and, in a Louis Vuitton bag, a blank-firing pistol that had been modified to take 9-millimeter rounds.—
MIKE CORDER,
ajc,
18 Oct. 2021
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Gunfire disrupts the silence as Raya emerges through smoke, armed with a tommy gun.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
8 Jan. 2026
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After speeches by longtime colleagues (the F.B.I. director, Christopher Wray, presented him with a replica tommy gun), Garland spoke.—
Fabio Bertoni,
The New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2025
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One young man, his shirt off and loosely draped around his neck along with a Santa Muerte necklace, sports tattoos of a Kalashnikov rifle and a flaming skull, regarding the camera with bedroom eyes.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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An officer at the scene saw a black rifle, and live and spent rifle and pistol ammunition, the affidavit said.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Assault rifle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assault%20rifle. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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