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Jun 2, 2023 · After a year of robbing banks, John Dillinger died on July 22, 1934, when federal agents shot and killed him as he left a movie in Chicago, Illinois. On July 22, 1934, federal agents surrounded Chicago’s Biograph Theater and waited for their target.
- Austin Harvey
Dillinger was shot and killed by the special agents on July 22, 1934, [6] [64] [65] at approximately 10:40 p.m, according to a New York Times report the next day. [58] Dillinger's death came only two months after the deaths of fellow notorious criminals Bonnie and Clyde.
Jul 20, 2022 · According to History, the felon was exiting the Biograph Theatre in Chicago when FBI agents ordered him to surrender, but he ran and was shot dead. Reports indicated that the agents had cause to shoot, as Dillinger had used his gun, and two civilians were wounded as a result.
- Jean Mendoza
- Early Life. John Herbert Dillinger was born June 22, 1903, in Indianapolis, Indiana. As a child he went by “Johnnie.” As an adult he was known as “Jackrabbit” for his graceful moves and quick getaways from the police.
- Early Crimes and Conviction. Matters reached a head on July 21, 1923, when Dillinger stole a car to impress a girl on a date. He was later found by a police officer roaming aimlessly through Indianapolis streets.
- Imprisonment and Jailbreak. Dillinger was sent to the Indiana State Reformatory in Pendleton, where he played on the prison baseball team and worked in the shirt factory as a seamster.
- The Dillinger Gang. After the bold prison escape, the killing of Sarber, the bank robberies, and the attack on the police arsenal, the Pierpont Gang was gaining substantial notoriety.
Feb 9, 2010 · Outside Chicago’s Biograph Theatre, notorious criminal John Dillinger—America’s “Public Enemy No. 1″—is killed in a hail of bullets fired by federal agents.
- Missy Sullivan
On December 14, John Hamilton, a Dillinger gang member, shot and killed a police detective in Chicago. A month later, the Dillinger gang killed a police officer during the robbery of the...
Dillinger, according to the chief Federal agent, was not instantly killed, but mortally wounded. He died in an ambulance en route to hospital.
