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On May 23, 1934, Bonnie and Clyde were killed in a police ambush near Sailes, Louisiana, ending one of the biggest manhunts the nation had seen, the FBI says.

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On May 23, 1934, Bonnie and Clyde were killed in a police ambush near Sailes, Louisiana, ending one of the biggest manhunts the nation had seen, the FBI says.ILLUSTRATION · AI

On May 23, 1934, Bonnie and Clyde were killed in an ambush near Sailes, Louisiana.

Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were the subjects of one of the most extensive manhunts the nation had seen up to that time, the FBI says. The Bureau became interested in the pair in December 1932 through a stolen car found abandoned near Jackson, Michigan.

On May 23, 1934, officers from Louisiana and Texas ambushed the pair's car on a highway near Sailes, in Bienville Parish. Both were killed instantly.

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