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Samuel Parkinson Cowley (July 23, 1899 – November 28, 1934) was an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) who was killed in the line of duty in a gunfight with Baby Face Nelson in 1934 on Route 14 in Barrington, Illinois.
The Battle of Barrington was an intense and deadly gunfight [1] between federal agents and notorious Great Depression Era outlaw Baby Face Nelson, that took place on November 27, 1934, in Northside Park, in the town of Barrington, outside Chicago, Illinois.
Melvin David Rees (1928 – October 26, 1995) was an American serial killer who committed five murders in Virginia and Maryland between 1957 and 1959. [1] He murdered and sexually assaulted (in that order) Margaret Harold, the girlfriend of US Army soldier Sgt. Roy D. Hudson, [2] during a highway encounter near Annapolis.
With his pursuers attempting to pull alongside, Nelson skidded into the entrance to Barrington's North Side Park. Hollis and Cowley overshot Nelson's car by over 100 feet (30 m), and stopped at an angle. Upon exiting the vehicle's passenger door, the agents took cover behind their car. The ensuing shootout was witnessed by more than a dozen people.
In law enforcement, a manhunt is an extensive and thorough search for a wanted and dangerous fugitive involving the use of police units, technology, and help from the public. A manhunt is conducted when the suspect believed to be responsible for a serious crime is at large and is believed to be within a certain area.
Articles related to shootouts in the United States, armed confrontations entailing firearms between armed parties using guns, always entailing intense disagreement(s) between the fighting parties.
Gordon Wendell Kahl (January 8, 1920 – June 3, 1983) was an American World War II veteran, farmer and tax protester who was known for being a one-time member of the Posse Comitatus movement and for his involvement in two fatal shootouts with law enforcement officers in the United States in 1983.
The manhunt that sprang from this lasted about 2 weeks and ranged from California to Mexico, making the search one of the largest LAPD manhunts ever. Throughout the hunt, Dorner taunted the police ...