In November 2025, patrol officers observed a 25 year old male driving a car in Canby Park in Delaware after-hours and initiated a traffic stop. Officers discovered firearms, loaded magazines, a ballistic armor plate, and a notebook that outlined plans for an attack on the University of Delaware Police Department which included a layout of the building. The man was charged with illegally possessing a machine-gun.
cite page 72 Appendix III: Potentially Averted Active Shooter Incidents