May 23, 1934, Bonnie and Clyde, an infamous bank robbing duo were killed by law enforcement officers off Louisiana Highway 154, south of Gibsland toward Sailes.
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Gps Coordinates / 32.441271,-93.0924429
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CWR4+FXM Sailes, Louisiana, USA
On May 21, the four posse members from Texas were in Shreveport when they learned that Barrow and Parker were planning to visit Ivy Methvin in Bienville Parish that evening.
Other accounts said that the officers set up on the evening of May 22.
Gps Coordinates / 32.441395,-93.0924489
The full posse set up an ambush along Louisiana State Highway 154 south of Gibsland toward Sailes.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link -93.0925897 / Gps Link -93.0926392 / Gps Link -93.0926897
Gps Coordinates / 32.4412215,-93.0925897 / 32.4411314,-93.0926392 / 32.4410454,-93.0926897
Hinton recounted that the lawmen were in place by 9 pm, and waited through the whole of the next day (May 22) with no sign of the perpetrators.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link -93.0927404 / Gps Link -93.0927983 / Gps Link -93.0928474
Gps Coordinates / 32.4409614,-93.0927404 / 32.4408777,-93.0927983 / 32.4407941,-93.0928474
At approximately 9:15 am on May 23, the posse was still concealed in the bushes and almost ready to give up when they heard a vehicle approaching at high speed.
Gps Coordinates / 32.441208,-93.0925459
The officers fired about 130 rounds, emptying each of their weapons into the car. The two had survived several bullet wounds over the years in their confrontations with the law. On this day any one of several of Bonnie and Clyde's wounds could have been the cause of death.
