Shootout
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A shootout, also called a firefight, gunfight, or gun battle, is a confrontation in which parties armed with firearms exchange gunfire. The term can be used to describe any such fight, though it is typically used in a non-military context or to describe combat situations primarily using firearms (generally excluding crew-served weapons, combat vehicles, armed aircraft, or explosives).
Shootouts often pit law enforcement against criminals, though they can also involve parties outside of law enforcement, such as rival gangs, militias, or individuals. Military combat situations are rarely titled "shootouts", and are almost always considered battles, engagements, skirmishes, exchanges, or firefights.
Shootouts are often depicted in action films, Westerns, and video games.[1]
List of notable shootouts
[edit]| Incident | Location | Date | Involved parties | Duration of shootout | Casualties (total) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gunfight at the O.K. Corral |  Tombstone, Arizona Territory, United States
|
26 October 1881 | United States Marshals Service and town marshal | <1 minute | 3 killed
3 injured |
Surviving Cowboys later conduct revenge attacks, leading to the Earp Vendetta Ride |
| Cochise County Cowboys | ||||||
| Frisco shootout | Frisco, New Mexico Territory, United States
|
1–2 December 1884 | Associates of a detained cowboy | 36 hours | 4 killed
8 injured |
Cowboys fail to injure or kill Baca and retreat after depleting ammunition |
| Elfego Baca | ||||||
| 1907 Tiflis bank robbery |  Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire
|
26 June 1907 | Bolsheviks | Unrecorded | 40 killed
50 injured |
Bolsheviks escape with 241,000 rubles |
| State Bank of the Russian Empire guards and Imperial Russian Army | ||||||
| Tottenham Outrage |  Tottenham, London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
|
23 January 1909 | Metropolitan Police | 2 hours | 4 killed
21 injured |
Helfeld and Lepidus commit suicide during and after incident |
| Paul Helfeld and Jacob Lepidus | ||||||
| Everett massacre | Everett, Washington, United States
|
5 November 1916 | Snohomish County Sheriff's Office and vigilante posse | 10 minutes | 7 killed
47 injured 75 arrested |
Engaged vessels break contact; surviving involved Wobblies arrested but later released |
| Industrial Workers of the World | ||||||
| Battle of Matewan | Matewan, West Virginia, United States
|
19 May 1920 | Baldwin–Felts Detective Agency | Unrecorded | 10 killed
5 injured |
Miners involved in shootout tried and acquitted; labor tensions in the region eventually lead to Battle of Blair Mountain |
| United Mine Workers of America | ||||||
| Beer Hall Putsch |  Munich, Bavaria, Weimar Republic
|
8–9 November 1923 | Kampfbund | <2 days | 20 killed
>12 injured Unknown number arrested |
Adolf Hitler and other Nazi Party leaders arrested |
| Bavarian State Police and Reichswehr | ||||||
| Young Brothers massacre | Brookline, Missouri, United States
|
2 January 1932 | Greene County Sheriff's Office and Springfield Police Department | Unrecorded | 6 killed | Young brothers escape and are later killed in a standoff with the Houston Police Department on 5 January |
| Harry and Jennings Young | ||||||
| Kansas City massacre | Kansas City, Missouri, United States
|
17 June 1933 | Gang led by Vernon C. Miller | ~30 seconds | 5 killed | Nash killed in ambush; Miller murdered, Adam Richetti arrested, and Pretty Boy Floyd killed after FBI-led manhunt |
| Federal Bureau of Investigation and McAlester Police Department chief escorting Frank Nash | ||||||
| The Battle of Barrington | Barrington, Illinois, United States
|
27 November 1934 | Federal Bureau of Investigation | <5 hours | 3 killed | Outlaws flee; Nelson succumbs to a fatal abdomen wound; Helen and Chase later arrested |
| Baby Face Nelson, Helen Gillis, and John Paul Chase | ||||||
| Battle of Bamber Bridge | Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
|
24–25 June 1943 | 34th Military Police Company, Minnesota National Guard | <1 day (ended by 4:00 am) | 1 dead
7 injured 32 arrested |
32 African American 1511th soldiers court martialed; Eighth Air Force command and military police reorganized to prevent further racial violence |
| 1511th Quartermaster Truck Regiment, Eighth Air Force | ||||||
| University of Texas tower shooting | Austin, Texas, United States
|
1 August 1966 | Charles Whitman | 2 hours | 18 killed
31 injured |
Whitman killed by police |
| Austin Police Department | ||||||
| Newhall incident | Santa Clarita, California, United States
|
5–6 April 1970 | Jack Wright Twinning and Bobby Augusta Davis | ~9 hours | 5 killed
1 injured |
Davis arrested; Twinning commits suicide after standoff |
| California Highway Patrol, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, and two civilians | ||||||
| Asama-Sansō incident |  Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Japan
|
19–28 February 1972 | United Red Army | 9 days | 3 killed
28 wounded 5 arrested |
URA militants arrested after standoff |
| Nagano Prefectural Police | ||||||
| New Orleans sniper attacks | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
|
31 December 1972 – 7 January 1973 | Mark Essex | 29 hours (including ~1-hour shootout on 31 December) | 9 killed
12 injured |
Essex killed by police |
| New Orleans Police Department | ||||||
| 1974 Symbionese Liberation Army shootout | Los Angeles, California, United States
|
17 May 1974 | Los Angeles Police Department | Unrecorded | 6 killed | SLA militants killed in unintentional fire set by tear gas canisters |
| Symbionese Liberation Army | ||||||
| Iranian Embassy siege | South Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom
|
30 April – 5 May 1980 | Special Air Service | 17 minutes | 6 killed
3 wounded 1 arrested |
SAS assault kills 5 of 6 hostage-takers |
| Democratic Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Arabistan | ||||||
| Norco shootout | Norco, California, United States
|
9 May 1980 | Five bank robbers | Unrecorded | 3 killed
11 injured |
Three surviving gunmen arrested, one commits suicide |
| Riverside County Sheriff's Department, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, and California Highway Patrol | ||||||
| 1981 Brink's robbery | Nanuet, New York, United States
|
20 October 1981 | Black Liberation Army and May 19th Communist Organization | Unrecorded | 3 killed
3 injured |
All surviving robbers and associates apprehended by 1986 |
| Brink's and Nanuet Police Department | ||||||
| Shannon Street massacre | Memphis, Tennessee, United States
|
11–13 January 1983 | Memphis Police Department | 30 hours (raid lasted 20 minutes) | 8 killed
2 injured |
All cultists killed, captured police officer found dead |
| Seven "Black Jesus" cult members | ||||||
| Milperra massacre |  Milperra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
|
2 September 1984 | Comanchero Motorcycle Club | >15 minutes | 7 killed
28 injured |
Surviving combatants apprehended by police |
| Bandidos Motorcycle Club | ||||||
| 1985 MOVE bombing | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
|
13 May 1985 | Philadelphia Police Department | ~18 hours | 11 killed | Philadelphia Police sued for excessive force for bombing MOVE headquarters and neighboring properties |
| MOVE | ||||||
| 1986 FBI Miami shootout | Miami, Florida, United States
|
11 April 1986 | Federal Bureau of Investigation | 5 minutes | 4 killed
5 injured |
Platt and Matix killed in shootout |
| Michael Lee Platt and William Russell Matix | ||||||
| Ash Street shootout | Tacoma, Washington, United States
|
23 September 1989 | 12 off-duty United States Army Rangers | 5–30 minutes | 1 injured (alleged)
2 arrested |
Alleged drug dealers flee; Rangers briefly detained by Tacoma Police Department and released |
| 15–20 alleged drug dealers | ||||||
| 1991 Lokhandwala Complex shootout |  Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
|
16 November 1991 | Bombay Police Anti-Terrorism Squad | 4 hours | 7 killed
24 injured |
All D-Company gangsters killed by police |
| Seven D-Company gangsters | ||||||
| Ruby Ridge standoff | Naples, Idaho, United States
|
21–31 August 1992 | United States Marshals Service, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and other federal and state law enforcement | 10 days | 3 killed
2 injured |
Samuel and Vicki Weaver killed; remaining holdouts surrender following negotiations |
| Randy Weaver, Weaver family, and Kevin Harris | ||||||
| Waco siege | Waco, Texas, United States
|
28 February – 19 April 1993 | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other federal and state law enforcement | 51 days | 86 killed
27 injured |
Branch Davidian compound destroyed in fatal fire |
| Branch Davidians | ||||||
| Air France Flight 8969 raid |  Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
|
26 December 1994 | GIGN | 20 minutes | 7 killed (3 prior to raid)
15 injured |
Hijackers killed; surviving passengers and crew rescued |
| Armed Islamic Group of Algeria | ||||||
| Operation Chavín de Huántar |  Lima, Lima province, Peru
|
22 April 1997 | Chavín de Huántar Command | 22 minutes | 17 killed
8 injured |
All hostage-takers killed; surviving hostages rescued |
| Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement | ||||||
| North Hollywood shootout | Los Angeles, California, United States
|
28 February 1997 | Los Angeles Police Department | 44 minutes | 2 killed
20 injured |
Phillips and Mătăsăreanu killed in shootout |
| Larry Phillips Jr. and Emil Mătăsăreanu | ||||||
| 2003 Ennis shooting | Ennis, Montana, United States
|
14 June 2003 | George Harold Davis | Unrecorded | 1 killed
10 injured |
Davis killed by police |
| Ravalli County Sheriff's Office and Montana Highway Patrol | ||||||
| Tyler courthouse shooting | Tyler, Texas, United States
|
24 February 2005 | David Hernandez Arroyo Sr. | Unrecorded | 3 killed
4 injured |
Arroyo killed by police |
| Tyler Police Department and Smith County Sheriff’s Office | ||||||
| 2008 Mumbai attacks | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
|
26–29 November 2008 | Lashkar-e-Taiba | 4 days | 175 killed
>300 injured 1 arrested |
All terrorists killed; Ajmal Kasab captured and executed; investigations allege links to Pakistan |
| Mumbai Police, National Security Guard, and Indian security forces | ||||||
| 2008 Parañaque shootout |  Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines
|
5 December 2008 | Waray-Ozamis Gang | 1 hour | 17 killed | Several gangsters escape; PNP and SAF investigated for crossfire fatalities |
| Philippine National Police and Special Action Force | ||||||
| 2009 shootings of Oakland police officers | Oakland, California, United States
|
21 March 2009 | Lovelle Shawn Mixon | 3 hours | 5 killed
1 injured |
Mixon killed by SWAT team |
| Oakland Police Department | ||||||
| 2009 shooting of Pittsburgh police officers | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
|
4 April 2009 | Richard Poplawski | 4 hours | 3 killed
3 injured 1 arrested |
Poplawski arrested and executed |
| Pittsburgh Police | ||||||
| 2010 Saric shootout |  Sáric Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
|
1 July 2010 | Beltrán-Leyva Organization | Unrecorded | 21 killed
6 wounded 9 arrested |
Assailants flee before police and military forces arrive |
| Sinaloa Cartel | ||||||
| Christopher Dorner shootings and manhunt | Los Angeles, California, United States
|
3–12 February 2013 | Christopher Jordan Dorner | ~10 days | 5 killed
6 injured |
Dorner killed in shootout with San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department |
| Los Angeles Police Department | ||||||
| Washington Navy Yard shooting | Washington, D.C., United States
|
16 September 2013 | Aaron Alexis | 1 hour | 13 killed
8 injured |
Alexis killed by police |
| Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and other law enforcement agencies | ||||||
| 2014 China–Vietnam border shootout |  Hải Hà district, Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam
|
18 April 2014 | 16 Uyghur illegal migrants | Unrecorded | 7 killed
10 injured |
Migrants killed by Vietnamese authorities or commit suicide; survivors surrender and are returned to China |
| Vietnam Border Guard | ||||||
| 2014 Stockton bank robbery | Stockton, California, United States
|
16 July 2014 | Stockton Police Department and San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department | 1 hour | 3 killed
2 injured 1 arrested |
Renteria, Martinez, and a hostage killed; Ramos arrested |
| Jaime Ramos, Gilbert Renteria, and Alex Martinez | ||||||
| January 2015 Île-de-France attacks | Île-de-France, France
|
7–9 January 2015 | Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula or the Islamic State (alleged) | ~3 days | 20 killed
22 injured |
All three attackers killed by police |
| National Police and National Gendarmerie | ||||||
| 2015 Waco shootout | Waco, Texas, United States
|
17 May 2015 | Bandidos Motorcycle Club | Unrecorded | 9 killed
18 injured 177 arrested |
All charges ultimately dismissed |
| Cossacks Motorcycle Club | ||||||
| Waco Police Department and Texas Highway Patrol | ||||||
| 2015 Saint-Denis raid | Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
|
18 November 2015 | Central Directorate of the Judicial Police and RAID | 7 hours | 3 killed
6 injured 5 arrested |
Terrorist ring dismantled |
| Islamic State | ||||||
| 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers | Dallas, Texas, United States
|
7 July 2016 | Micah Xavier Johnson | >5 hours | 6 killed
11 injured |
Johnson killed by police bomb |
| Dallas Police Department | ||||||
| 2019 Miramar shootout | Miramar, Florida, United States
|
5 December 2019 | Miami-Dade Police Department and Miramar Police Department | Unrecorded | 4 killed
1 injured |
Alexander, Hill, a hostage, and a bystander killed by police |
| Lamar Alexander and Ronnie Jerome Hill | ||||||
| 2021 Sunrise, Florida shootout | Sunrise, Florida, United States
|
2 February 2021 | Federal Bureau of Investigation and Broward County Sheriff's Office | Unrecorded | 3 killed
3 injured |
Huber commits suicide |
| David Lee Huber | ||||||
| 2022 Saanich shootout |  Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
|
28 June 2022 | Saanich Police Department and Victoria Police Department | <7 hours | 2 killed
6 injured |
Auchterlonie brothers killed by police |
| Mathew and Isaac Auchterlonie | ||||||
| 2023 Louisville bank shooting | Louisville, Kentucky, United States
|
10 April 2023 | Louisville Metro Police Department | <10 minutes | 6 killed
8 injured |
Sturgeon killed by police |
| Connor James Sturgeon |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Samson, Karl (2010). "Frommer's Arizona and the Grand Canyon 2011". Frommer's Color Complete. 824. Wiley: 43. ISBN 978-0470607503.