[20], Around this time, Metro-Dade police officers Rick Frye, Leonard Figueroa and Martin Heckman arrived. A civilian witness described Platt leaving the car, walking almost 20 feet and firing at Mireles three times at close range. Shots were exchanged between the mobsters and special agents for four hours, leaving the walls and furniture riddled with bullet holes, Kate 'Ma' Barker (pictured left anf right with close friend Arthur Dunlop), who was branded Public Enemy No. Her death was ruled a suicide. [31], Dove, a West Virginia native, had Jerry Dove Drive named after him in Clarksburg, West Virginia, where the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division is located. The Florida Panthers (USA) needed 20 shootout rounds to finally defeat the Washington Capitals (USA), 2–1, on 16 December 2014, in the longest shootout in NHL history. The second hit the driver's side window post and fragmented, with one small piece hitting Platt in the scalp. People are sharing adorable photos of their dogs wearing 'I Voted' stickers,... Pints ordered by text, football at school but not at clubs, and 30 guests at funerals but only six for... Cambridge students warned to stay in halls or they won't be allowed to graduate. [citation needed], On October 5, 1985, Platt and Matix murdered 25-year-old Emilio Briel while he was target shooting at a rock pit. The Associated Press contributed to this report. The fourth hit Matix in the face next to his right eye socket, traveled downward through the facial bones into the neck, where it entered the spinal column and severed the spinal cord. Get the latest breaking news delivered straight to your inbox. Two FBI agents were killed and five others were wounded in a shootout with two robbery suspects in the Suniland area of Miami-Dade County, which later became Pinecrest, on April 11, 1986. Platt rounded the rear of their car and killed Grogan with a shot to the chest, shot Hanlon in the groin area, and then killed Dove with two shots to the head. The two robbery suspects, William Russell Matix and Michael Lee Platt, were also killed. The attack was initiated by one of them shooting the guard in the back with a large gauge shotgun. The 10mm and .40 S&W are identical in projectile diameter, both using a 0.400" caliber bullet. Despite outnumbering the suspects 4 to 1, the agents found themselves pinned down by heavy rifle fire and unable to respond effectively due to their much smaller service handguns. Heckman covered McNeill's paralyzed body with his own. Platt then fired his rifle at Mireles who was running across the street to join the fight. [30], In 2001, the Village of Pinecrest, Florida, which incorporated in 1996, honored the two fallen agents by co-designating a portion of Southwest 82nd Avenue as Agent Benjamin Grogan Avenue and Agent Jerry Dove Avenue. During the firefight, FBI Special Agents Jerry L. Dove and Benjamin P. Grogan were killed, while five other agents were wounded. The first floor contains a memorial to Dove and Grogan. According to Albright, his grandfather split his pants while crouching, but had enough time to buy replacements before catching the end of the shootout. Albright, who was once caretaker of the property, has submitted a $1million proposal to buy the home from its Miami owners and convert it into a museum. Campaigners are trying to save the house from being demolished to make way for a new development. The FBI soon began the search for a more powerful caliber cartridge to issue to all agents. DVD. Neighbors watched the shootout, and Albright said his grandfather hid behind a tree to witness the gun battle. Although both Matix and Platt were hit multiple times during the firefight, Platt fought on and continued to injure and kill agents. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on August 10, 1973, serving with the military police under the 101st Airborne Division in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. J. Edgar Hoover ordered attack on house in Ocklawaha in January 1935 Mireles was hit in the left forearm, creating a severe wound. FBI Miami shootout. Please read: Guinn, Jeff. The incident is infamous in FBI history and is well-studied in law enforcement circles. He told Fox 13: 'She was a tough cookie, and didn't go down without a fight. 1 by the federal government for a rash of murders, kidnapping and robberies committed in the early 1930s, was killed in the house along with one of her sons in a barrage of bullets from federal agents. On completion of jump school, Platt was assigned to the Military Police Unit. These collisions sent the suspect car nose first into a tree in a small parking area in front of a house at 12201 Southwest 82nd Avenue, pinned between a parked car (on its passenger side) and Manauzzi's car on the driver side. [26], The shootout involved 10 people; two suspects and eight FBI agents. After ordering him to "Freeze", one of the pair shot a guard in the leg with a blast of 12 gauge OO buckshot from a shotgun while the other fired handgun and shoulder weapons from the getaway vehicle. The autopsy found Platt’s right lung had collapsed and his chest cavity contained 1.3 liters of blood (haemothorax), suggesting damage to the main blood vessels of the right lung. Eight of these FBI agents took part in the actual shootout and were deployed as follows:[1], Around 9:30 a.m., agents Grogan and Dove spotted the suspect vehicle, and began to follow. There will also be a wreath-laying event in Pinecrest, where the April 11, 1986, gun battle occurred, reports CBS Miami. DVD. A civilian followed them from the scene and witnessed them switch to a white Ford F-150 pickup truck but lost contact thereafter. [1][1], On March 12, they robbed and shot Jose Collazo as he was target shooting at a rock pit in the Florida Everglades, leaving him for dead and stealing his black Chevrolet Monte Carlo. The pair stole Briel's car and used it to commit several robberies. Matix apparently was knocked unconscious by the hits and fired no more rounds. [1], Of the eight agents at the scene, two had Remington 870 shotguns in their vehicles (McNeill and Mireles), three were armed with Smith & Wesson Model 459 9mm semi-automatic pistols (Dove, Grogan, and Risner), and the rest (six) were armed with Smith & Wesson revolvers; two had .357 Magnums and five had .38 Specials. Clashes break out between BLM protesters and pro-Trump supporters outside the White House as police struggle... Meghan Markle 'voted early by mail in the 2020 election' source claims - after she and Prince Harry sparked... Hollywood liberals who said they may leave the US if Trump is re-elected get nervous as hopes of a Biden... Election betting market edges towards Trump, who now has a 70% chance of victory, as Biden struggles to make... HENRY DEEDES: Boorish Don was like a child with his bottom lip dragging. Soon afterwards Smith & Wesson developed a shorter cased cartridge based on the 10mm, the .40 S&W. – Seasons 1 and 2. Killed after being shot six times. Both approached the wounded guard and shot him two additional times with a military type .223 caliber weapon described by witnesses to be an AR-15 or M-16 style rapid firing rifle. It's described as the bloodiest shootout in FBI history. Police crime scene photograph of the shootout's aftermath, showing suspect and agents' vehicles and battle debris. [32], In 2014, the FBI Miami field office moved to its new home in Miramar, Florida, dedicating the two towers of the new office space in memory of Dove and Grogan in a ceremony in April 2015. [1], They resumed their robberies on January 10, 1986 by attacking a Brinks Armored Car Company courier as he opened the back door of his truck at Barnett Bank in Miami, FL. Simon & Schuster, 2012. The first round missed, hitting the back of the front seat. Collazo survived the shooting and walked three miles to get help. [citation needed], Before embarking on their crime spree, neither Platt nor Matix had a criminal record.
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