Two Decades Ago Today: North Hollywood Shootout Fifty Shades of FDE Twenty years ago, on February 28th, 1997, two heavily armed, armored and masked bank robbers engaged hundreds of courageous LAPD Officers in the North Hollywood Shootout, which lasted 44 minutes. When it was over both gunmen were dead and twelve of LA’s finest, along … Continue reading Two Decades Ago Today: North Hollywood Shootout