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Jun 2, 2023 · Published June 2, 2023. Updated June 5, 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.
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Jul 21, 2019 · Anna Sage is photographed in a Chicago, Ill., police station while being questioned by authorities on July 24, 1934. Sage tipped off police that outlaw John Dillinger would accompany her to the local movie theater on the night of July 22, which ended in his death. (AP Photo) AP
Jul 20, 2017 · LINCOLN PARK — Eighty-three years ago, gangster John Dillinger was shot and killed by FBI agents outside the Biograph Theater. And Edgar Allemand was a man in demand. A mechanic at a garage...
Jul 20, 2022 · Reports indicated that the agents had cause to shoot, as Dillinger had used his gun, and two civilians were wounded as a result. There were rumors that Dillinger was not the one who was killed in the shootout, as the dead individual's physical appearance had differences from Dillinger's.
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On July 22, 1934, 85 years ago, FBI agents shot and killed Dillinger during a confrontation. Dillinger, whose name once dominated the headlines, was a notorious and vicious thief.
Jul 23, 2020 · The Chicago Daily News splashed John Dillinger’s murder in front of the Biograph Theater on July 22, 1934 across the front page. Here’s the paper’s unique take.
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Florence, S.C., Feb. 29—Melvin H. Purvis, 56, who headed the Chicago office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the early 1930’s and led the group of FBI men and police who shot down John Dillinger on July 22, 1934, died Monday of a self-inflicted bullet wound.
