38 Special revolvers some patrol cars were also equipped with a 12-gauge shotgun. Standard issue sidearms carried by most local patrol officers at the time were 9mm pistols or. They were also suspects in two armored car robberies. Phillips and Mătăsăreanu had robbed at least two other banks using similar methods for entry past 'bullet-proof' security doors, taking control of the entire bank, and firing weapons illegally modified to enable fully automatic fire. The shootout continued onto a residential street adjacent to the bank until Phillips, mortally wounded, succumbed to a self-inflicted gunshot wound Mătăsăreanu was incapacitated by officers three blocks away and subsequently bled to death before the arrival of paramedics more than an hour later. The robbers attempted to flee the scene, Phillips on foot and Mătăsăreanu in their getaway vehicle, while continuing to exchange fire with the officers. The two robbers were confronted by LAPD officers when they exited the bank and a shootout between the officers and robbers ensued. Īt 9:16 a.m., Phillips and Mătăsăreanu entered and robbed Bank of America's North Hollywood branch.

Both robbers were killed, twelve police officers and eight civilians were injured, and numerous vehicles and other property were damaged or destroyed by the nearly 2,000 rounds of ammunition fired by the robbers and police. and Emil Mătăsăreanu, and members of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) in the North Hollywood district of Los Angeles, California, United States on February 28, 1997. The North Hollywood shootout was a confrontation between two heavily armed and armored bank robbers, Larry Phillips Jr. Mătăsăreanu: Bushmaster XM-15 E2S Dissipator, Norinco Type 56 S Phillips: Norinco Type 56 S, Norinco Type 56 S-1, Heckler & Koch HK91, Beretta 92FS Bank robbery, shootout, attempted mass murder

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