The 1986 FBI Miami Shootout – A Bloody Turning Point in Law Enforcement History

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On April 11, 1986, a routine surveillance operation in Miami turned into a nightmare of bullets and bloodshed when two heavily armed bank robbers—Michael Lee Platt and William Russell Matix—engaged eight FBI agents in a ferocious, close-range gunfight. In just five minutes, 150 rounds were fired, two agents were killed, five others wounded, and the brutal firefight exposed glaring flaws in FBI firepower and tactics—changing law enforcement forever.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime--6473403/support.

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