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FBI Miami Shooting 4 11 86 — Part 2

79 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Apr 12, 1986 · Broad topic: General · Topic: FBI Miami Shooting 4 11 86 · 79 pages OCR'd
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ty Stara F It’s FBI's darkest tragedy SHOOTING /from 14 John Hanlon, 48, who suffered a wound to his thigh, and McNeill, 43, shot in the chest, were at Baptist Hospital, where both were Usted in serious 7 @rug best,” sks “t1's Ble! my sie FRI men were the 20th agents to be killed ia of duty. The agents -avere t was Washin Wiliam Webster called darkest day tn Never before had fo Sgenis boon Killed | endall shoot-out Beye i 4 ¥ U fy Tiemegiieneih it “Miami hes had a very difficult — & kX of different prob- lems,” “Webster sald. But, characterize it as @ place to stay avay from.” ang Sized Avenue, thers were bullet behind the shopping center. Thought it was war “Phil Donahue had come on when it happened,” sald May Stemas, who ves nearby. “TF thought it waa a war.” o ote, Metro detec- tives Mendfied the robbere az William Matix, 34, and Michael Lee Platt, 32, both of South Dade. The men were in two robberies of the tt Benk branch et 135932 South Dixte hway earller this year. blood les everywhere, in the | _ sides of cars, in the concrete wall Qepvemicemnecctts Pickup sought p 4 ‘Smee Friday aight, Metro police were searching for another siclen vehi- cle, a white 1984 Ford 150 pickup, like the Monte Carlo driven by the slain robbers, was stolen merobers of the Rock Pit Gang. According to police and wit- messes, this {¢ what happened: ‘FBI agents — of a joint FRI-Metro pollee Investigation of bank and armored car robbesles-on_. staked out several South Dade | banks Friday morning, expecting
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