Mystery – May 23

“Each of us six officers had a shotgun and an automatic rifle and pistols. We opened fire with the automatic rifles. They were emptied before the car got even with us. Then we used shotguns. There was smoke coming from the car, and it looked like it was on fire. After shooting the shotguns, we emptied the pistols at the car, which had passed us and ran into a ditch about 50 yards on down the road. It almost turned over. We kept shooting at the car even after it stopped. We weren’t taking any chances.”

On this date in 1934, a police ambush in Louisiana ended the lives and two-year crime spree of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.

Writing prompt: Write a scene in which your protagonist ends a long, notorious string of crimes.

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