The North Hollywood shootout, also known as the Battle of North Hollywood, was a confrontation between two heavily armed and armored bank robbers, Larry Phillips Jr. and Emil Mătăsăreanu, and police officers in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles on February 28, 1997. Both robbers were killed, twelve police officers and eight civilians were injured, and numerous vehicles and other property were damaged or destroyed by the nearly 2,000 rounds of ammunition fired by the robbers and police.
The weapons and clothing used by Phillips and Mătăsăreanu pictured in 2011 at the Los Angeles Police Museum
A Bushmaster XM-15 made in the mid-2000s, similar to the one used in the shootout.
An HK-91 rifle
A Beretta 92FS
North Hollywood, Los Angeles
North Hollywood is a Los Angeles, California neighborhood, located in the San Fernando Valley. The neighborhood contains the NoHo Arts District, the El Portal Theatre, several art galleries, and the Academy of TV Arts and Sciences. The North Hollywood Metro Rail station is the northern terminus of the B Line subway on the Los Angeles Metro.
Image: St. Charles Borromeo Church, N. Hollywood, side view
Image: NHHS Kennedy Hall
Image: El Portal Theater, North Hollywood 2014 11 18 (cropped)
Image: Television Academy 2018
