armed confrontation
C13563
concept
Armed confrontation is a hostile encounter between opposing parties in which participants use or threaten to use weapons to achieve conflicting objectives.
Observed surface forms (3)
- armed standoff ×1
- police shootout ×1
- standoff ×1
Instances (4)
- North Hollywood shootout
- Watertown, Massachusetts shootout
- Ruby Ridge standoff via concept surface "armed standoff"
- Waco siege via concept surface "standoff"