Episode 227: The North Hollywood shootout - Part Two

On one February morning in 1997, a pair of men dressed in dark clothes entered a North Hollywood bank. What followed would be one of the most frightening things many Americans had ever watched live on TV up to that point.

Videos:

• Zero Hour: The North Hollywood Shootout
• North Hollywood Bank Shootout_February 28, 1997

Articles and books: 

• 20 years ago, gunbattle terrorized North Hollywood – and shocked America
• Chilling portrait of robber emerges
• Jury Unsure If Cops Let Shooter Die
• Police Kill 2 Bank Robbery Suspects in a Wild Gun Battle
• Children Offer to Drop Suit in Robber’s Death
• 20 years ago, a dramatic North Hollywood shootout changed the course of the LAPD and policing at large
• How the infamous North Hollywood shootout unfolded 20 years ago
• The LAPD use of force report for the North Hollywood shootout
• A Painful Anniversary of Shootout