A Look Back At The FBI Closing In On The Barker/Karpis Gang

The FBI web site, FBI.gov, offers a look back at their pursuit of the Parker/Karpis gang.

In January 1935—77 years ago this month—more than a dozen Bureau agents surrounded a quaint two-story home on Lake Weir, Florida. Within moments, a fierce shoot-out erupted. It didn’t go well for the heavily armed criminals inside.

For the Bureau of Investigation—just six months away from being renamed the FBI—the firefight was a continuation of a busy year of battling gangsters. In 1934, notorious public enemies like John Dillinger, “Pretty Boy” Floyd, and “Baby Face” Nelson had fallen at the hands of Bureau agents. Heading into 1935, the top priority was to put a dangerous gang—led by the wily Alvin “Creepy” Karpis and a pair of Barker brothers—out of business.

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http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2012/january/history_012412/history_012412?utm_campaign=email-Daily&utm_medium=email&utm_source=fbi-top-stories&utm_content=65204