On May 23, 1934, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were killed in a police ambush. The previous year, local authorities in Joplin, Missouri, decided to investigate the Barrow Gang's hideout. | American Experience | PBS

Today in History 1934: Outlaws Bonnie and Clyde shot to death in stolen Ford On this day in 1934, wanted outlaws Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker are shot to death by Texas and Louisiana state police officers as they attempt to escape apprehension in a stolen 1934 Ford Deluxe near Bienville Parish, Louisiana. Beginning in early 1932, Parker and Barrow set off on a two-year crime spree, evading local police in rural Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico before drawing the attention of federal authorities