Leon Bowling, a 16-year-old Black male, died on August 20, 2025, inside an apartment at the Belt Atlantic Apartments in Richmond, Virginia, as a police SWAT team waited outside to execute a search warrant tied to an investigation into illegal firearms and auto-sear “switches.” Officers announced themselves multiple times before a woman exited the unit; moments later, gunfire erupted from inside. Police say they did not fire their weapons, and an officer’s ballistic shield was struck as rou
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