Dangerous Gamble: (S06E13) In Henderson, NV, a suburb of Las Vegas, two robbers brandishing assault rifles ambush armored guards as they exit their truck on March 3, 2000. The robbers kill both guards and seize $5,000. As the killers run to their getaway car, a police officer arrives and opens fire, striking one escaping assailant in the leg. After loosing the killers in a chase, police collect blood left by the injured robber and bullet casings from the firefight. Las Vegas Police and the FBI notice similarities to brazen midday robberies at the MGM Grand casino, the Desert Inn casino and the Mandalay Bay casino. The FBI developed a list of suspects after the September 20, 1998 MGM Grand robbery. In that heist, two armed men stormed the casino, broke into its main cage, and stole $350,000. A month later, a recent parolee with a $10,000 income, purchased a $169,000 home in the name of his wife’s relative. Investigators’ suspicions of the suspects increased after robbers opened fire on two armored guards in front of the Desert Inn casino on June 28, 1999. Police found the robber’s getaway car at the nearby Vagabond Inn parked next to an abandoned truck that belonged to one of the suspects’ brother-in-law. On June 3, 2000 a security camera captures the robbers as they steal $155,523 from the Bellagio. One of the men’s parole officers confirms their suspicions, and arrests are made. Dangerous Takedown: (S06E14) On February 12, 1997, two men use a sledgehammer to break into a Camden, NJ home. The homeowner shoots at the intruders, hitting one in the hand before they escape. Camden Police respond and track the suspects to a nearby park. One of the men shoots at the officer before police arrest his accomplice. The man gives up the identity of the shooter. Twice, police stake out homes where they believe the shooter is hiding, but he eludes them. Soon after, Camden Police get a tip that the man is planning to rob the Woodlyne branch of CoreStates Bank with other men. The FBI surveils the bank for weeks, but with no results. Then, at 10 am on July 19, 1997, three masked men enter the bank armed with assault rifles. After terrorizing tellers and customers, the robbers escape with $64,039. Over the course of the next year, the FBI would chase the elusive thieves, eventually catching them, but only after several more banks are burglarized. The Shootist: (S07E04) In the late 1980s, the FBI matches wits with a cunning bank robber -- a lone gunman responsible for the longest string of unsolved bank robberies in FBI history. The robber's planning is meticulous. He executes his crimes with military precision. It will take the combined skills of local police and dozens of agents to catch a criminal mastermind they call, "The Shootist." Unravel the mystery alongside the FBI's greatest law enforcers and forensic scientists. #TheFBIFiles #TrueCrime #robbery The FBI Files is an American docudrama that takes a look behind the scenes of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's crime laboratory. Real FBI cases are recounted through reenactments and interviews, due to the sensitive nature of the show, viewer discretion is advised.

• published: 29 Sep 2024
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