Bank robbers turn North Hollywood California into a warzone. The famous Bank of America robbery. North Hollywood shootout was an armed confrontation between two heavily-armed and armored bank robbers (Larry Eugene Phillips, Jr. and Emil Dechebal Matasareanu) and patrol and SWAT officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) on February 28, 1997, at a Bank Of America teler-office. Two suspects were killed, and 15 people were injured, including 10 policemen. None of the injuries ...