1986 FBI Miami shootout

1986 FBI Miami shootout
1986 FBI Miami shootout
	Police crime scene photograph of the shootout's aftermath, showing suspect and agents' vehicles, a dropped shotgun, and battle debris.
Location	12201 Southwest 82nd Avenue, Pinecrest, Dade County, Florida U.S.
Coordinates	25°39′25″N 80°19′35″W / 25.656819°N 80.326319°W
Date	April 11, 1986 ; c. 9:35 – c. 9:40 a.m. (EST (UTC-5))
Attack type	Shootout, attempted carjacking
Weapons	Michael Lee Platt: Ruger Mini-14 .223 rifle; Smith & Wesson Model 586 .357 Magnum revolver; Dan Wesson .357 Magnum revolver; William Russell Matix: Smith & Wesson Model 3000 12-gauge shotgun; FBI agents: Remington 870 12-gauge shotguns; Smith & Wesson Model 459 9mm pistols; Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum and .38 Special revolvers;
Deaths	4 (two FBI agents and both suspects)
Injured	5
Perpetrators	Michael Lee Platt; William Russell Matix
Defenders	Benjamin Grogan (deceased); Jerry Dove (deceased); Gordon McNeill; Richard Manauzzi; Edmundo Mireles Jr.; John Hanlon; Gilbert Orrantia; Ronald Risner
Motive	Resisting arrest

On April 11, 1986, a shootout occurred between field agents for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and two armed men in what is now Pinecrest, Miami-Dade County, Florida. The two men, former U.S. Army servicemen Michael Lee Platt and William Russell Matix, were suspected of committing a series of violent crimes, mostly bank robberies, in and around the Miami metropolitan area.

Although they had partially surrounded the suspects after maneuvering them off a local road, the agents involved quickly found their firepower was outmatched by the weapons which Platt and Matix had in their vehicle. During the shootout which ensued, Platt in particular was able to repeatedly return fire despite sustaining multiple hits. Two Special Agents—Benjamin Grogan and Jerry Dove—were shot and killed, while five other agents were injured by gunfire. The shootout ended when both Platt and Matix were killed while attempting to flee the scene.

The incident is infamous as one of the most violent episodes in the history of the FBI and is often studied in law enforcement training. The scale of the shootout led to the introduction of more effective handguns, primarily switching from revolvers to semi-automatics, in the FBI and many police departments around the United States.