On this day, Feb. 14, in 1929, Al Capone tried to strike a decisive blow against Chicago gangland rival Bugs Moran in what became known as the St. Valentine’s Day massacre. On orders from Capone, mobsters disguised as police officers entered Moran’s headquarters, lined seven of his henchmen against a wall, and gunned them down.
Capone was in Miami at the time of the killings and no one was ever tried for them.
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