On This Day October 23, 1982 – Shootout Between Police And Religious Cult In Arizona

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Pete

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Pete has published a news story:

On This Day October 23, 1982 – Shootout Between Police And Religious Cult In Arizona.

On this day October 23, 1982, a violent shootout broke out between law enforcement officers and members of a religious cult in northern Arizona, resulting in the deaths of two cult members and injuries to more than a dozen police officers. The confrontation began when authorities attempted to arrest the group’s leader on various charges, sparking a fierce exchange of gunfire that turned into one of the most intense armed standoffs of the early 1980s.

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