North Hollywood shootout
1997 bank robbery and subsequent shootout between bank robbers and police
The North Hollywood shootout was a gunfight that happened on February 28, 1997. Emil Matasareanu (July 19, 1966 - February 28, 1997) and Larry Eugene Phillips Jr. (September 20, 1970 - February 28, 1997) were bank robbers, and used AK-47s, an AR-15, an HK-91, and 9 MM pistols. The police could not easily kill them because of their heavy body armor, which was made out of kevlar. 20 people were wounded, and the only two killed were the robbers.
Matasareanu was shot dead by police. Phillips shot himself in the head with a Beretta M92F as police shot him multiple times. His body was left in the street for about an hour before ambulances came to take his body away.[1]
Reference
change- ↑ "Officer Don Anderson". 1998 Medal of Valor Recipients. Los Angeles Police Department. 2004. Archived from the original on 2007-03-07. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
