. >> the inevitable end, retribution, bonny parker who died as they lived, by the gun. the officers were on the left side of the road nearest the driver, thus explains the fact that bonnie's body at more bullet holes than clyde. any one of these bullets would have been fatal to both, but after having killed 14 people, most of whom were officers of the law and having come safely through so many gun battles, it did not seem advisable to fire just one bullet. >> bonnie and clyde were probably some of the most notorious gangsters of the 1930s crime era in the united states. because their crime story began in texas, east texas and involved louisiana, they're very sort of connected to the 1930s story of shreveport, as well. probably most people associate bonnie and clyde with a very intense two-year period from 1932 to 1934 when they were involved in a string of armed robberies and murders throughout this part of the united states. we think that bonnie and clyde actually met initially in 1930 when bonnie parker was working as a waitress in dallas, texas, and soon after that cl

we think that they actlly met initially in 1930 when bonnie parker was working as a waitress and clyde went to prison. their first crime took place in texas. the shreveport times was reporting their exploits in the newspaper and people in this area kept up with it as they did the gangters in american history. it was the age of john dillinger and pretty boy floyd. all three of those all were killed by almolaw enforcement i 1934. so people were engaged in that story buy these criminals in the great depression. in 1934 they were inply cated in a prison escape in texas a man named raymond hamilton and so that is when the net of law enforcement began to close around them. after the murder of the prison guard early in 1934. so it was april of 1934 that they were in and around shreveport. there was a car that was stolen here and abandoned it in kansas and his prints proved that he had been in this area even before he was spotted here. we knew that he had been in the area. days before the ambush took place, there was a local cafe here not too far from where are standing called the majestic caf

we think thatonnie and clyde actually met initially in 1930 when bonnie parker was working as a waitress in dallas, texas. and soon after that, clyde barrow went to state prison and so we know they resumed their relationship in 1932 in texas and their first crime took place in hillsborough texas, not too far from shreveport. the shreveport times was reporting their exploits in the newspaper and people in this area kept up with it as they did the big gangers in american history. it was the age of john dillinger and pretty boy floyd. as a matter of fact, most people don't realize that all three of those, bonnie and clyde, john dillinger, pretty boy floyd all were killed by law enforcement in the same year, 1934. so people were really engaged in that story, probably simultaneously horrified but fascinated by these criminals in the great depression. in early 1934, they were implicated in a prison escape involving a former associate of clyde barrow's in texas. a man named raymond hamilton. they helped him escape from prison and in the process of that shot and killed a prison guard. and so tha