1933day.year
Union Station massacre: In Kansas City, Missouri, four FBI agents and captured fugitive Frank Nash are gunned down by gangsters attempting to free Nash.
In the Union Station massacre, gangsters ambush FBI agents in Kansas City while attempting to free fugitive Frank Nash, leaving five dead.
On June 17, 1933, four FBI agents escorting fugitive bank robber Frank Nash were ambushed by gangsters at Kansas City's Union Station. Gunmen opened fire in a dramatic attempt to free Nash, triggering a violent shootout on the station platform. The exchange left Nash and all four agents dead, shocking the nation and marking one of the FBI’s most harrowing early encounters. Public outrage prompted the Bureau under J. Edgar Hoover to intensify its crackdown on organized crime. The Union Station massacre influenced future federal law enforcement tactics and bolstered the FBI’s reputation as a national crime-fighting agency.
1933
Union Station massacre
Kansas City, Missouri
FBI
Frank Nash