1986 FBI Miami shootout

When

11 Apr 1986

Kind

Shooting

Killed

4

Coordinates

25.66° N, 80.33° W

Description

gun battle between eight FBI agents and two serial bank robbers and murderers in Miami in 1986

Injured

5

Deadly gun battle between FBI agents and criminals

On April 11, 1986, a shootout occurred between field agents for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and two armed men in what is now Pinecrest, Miami-Dade County, Florida. The two men, former U.S. Army servicemen Michael Lee Platt and William Russell Matix, were suspected of committing a series of robberies and violent crimes, including a murder, in and around the Miami metropolitan area.

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