Episode 226: The North Hollywood shootout - Part One

On one February morning in 1997, a pair of men dressed in dark clothes entered a North Hollywood bank. What followed would be one of the most frightening things many Americans had ever watched live on TV up to that point. Videos: Zero Hour: The North Hollywood Shootout North Hollywood Bank Shootout_February 28, 1997 Articles and books:  20 years ago, gunbattle terrorized North Hollywood – and shocked America Chilling portrait of robber emerges Jury Unsure If Cops Let Shooter Die Police Kill 2 Bank Robbery Suspects in a Wild Gun Battle Children Offer to Drop Suit in Robber’s Death 20 years ago, a dramatic North Hollywood shootout changed the course of the LAPD and policing at large How the infamous North Hollywood shootout unfolded 20 years ago The LAPD use of force report for the North Hollywood shootout A Painful Anniversary of Shootout