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Description
9 images. Shooting (man killed by officers) -- Attempted robbery and kidnap, 27 July 1954. Jack B. Lyons (victim), ex-convict' Sergeant Harry Hansen' Doctor and Mrs. Albert Anton (victims, unhurt) Floyd Couch Chuck O'Connor. Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Wesselmann. Date: 1954-07-27. Reporter: Wilson. Assignment: Bandit killed by L.A. Police. 9: Ambulance attendant covers over body of dead bandit as Det. Sgt. Harry Hansen, left, and other detectives look on. 38: Another shot over bandit's body. Sgt. Harry Hansen at right. Copy of Sheriff's Identification Bureau, photo of Jack B, Lyons. 37: Detectives who shot bandit point to bullet holes in their car made by slug from bandit's automatic. Floyd Couch, left, Chuck O'Connor, in car. 16: Floyd Couch points to bullet hole in car. 35: Dr. Albert Anton points to shoulder where bullet creased him. 36: Dr. Albert Anton at Wilshire Police Sta. 70-71: Dr. and Mrs. (Pauline) Anton talk to reporters at Police Station -- they were victims of Lyons."
Type
image
Format
9 photographs : negatives, b&w 13 x 10 cm. image/tiff negatives (photographic) photographs
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