AK-47
noun
: a Soviet-designed 7.62 mm (.30 cal.) gas-operated magazine-fed rifle for automatic or semiautomatic fire
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The day before the murders, Bell accompanied Williams to buy an AK-47, magazine devices and bullets.
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Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2025
One of the men shot an AK-47 through the officer’s window, wounding him.
—Longreads, 8 July 2025
Based on Broussard’s testimony, they were also indicted in the separate murder of a restaurant worker, Michael Wills, who Mackey killed with an AK-47 on July 12, 2007, near the North Oakland bakery.
—Thomas Peele, Mercury News, 9 June 2025
That briefing also said police had found two rifles — an AK-47 and an AR-platform rifle — along with ammunition next to the exploded vehicle.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025
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Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2025
One of the men shot an AK-47 through the officer’s window, wounding him.
—Longreads, 8 July 2025
Based on Broussard’s testimony, they were also indicted in the separate murder of a restaurant worker, Michael Wills, who Mackey killed with an AK-47 on July 12, 2007, near the North Oakland bakery.
—Thomas Peele, Mercury News, 9 June 2025
That briefing also said police had found two rifles — an AK-47 and an AR-platform rifle — along with ammunition next to the exploded vehicle.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2025
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“AK-47.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/AK-47. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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