On May 23, 1934, the sheriffs in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, had had enough. After four years and 14 murders, they want to catch and kill the criminal couple Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Texas Ranger Francis Augustus Hamer leads the operation and has the phones of Bonnie and Clyde’s families tapped.
So he gets to know the habits of the two and finally finds out that they are in Louisiana. Henry Methvin, a friend of the couple and also a serious criminal, is crucial to Hamer’s plan to lure the gangsters into a trap.
Methvin faces the death penalty, which his father wants to save him from. He therefore makes a deal with Texas Ranger Hamer and reveals where Bonnie and Clyde will be on May 23, 1934. The noose is tightening.
Bonnie and Clyde have no idea about the betrayal. As usual, they travel in their Ford V8 and follow a strategy: They always drive along the border between two states. If they are recognized and followed, they cross the border and the police are not allowed to follow them.
Hamer knows this strategy and comes up with a plan: He wants to prevent any persecution from even occurring. He forms a group of six men and prepares an ambush. To do this he needs the help of Henry Methvin’s father.
On the evening of May 22nd, Hamer’s group hides in the bushes on Louisiana State Highway 154. Methvin Sr. parks his car on the road and feigns a breakdown.
At around 9:15 a.m. on May 23, the squad was still lying in the bushes and was almost ready to give up when the men heard a vehicle approaching at high speed.
The vehicle is the gangster couple’s Ford V8. Clyde is behind the wheel and brakes as hoped. The six law enforcement officers open fire as the car comes to a stop. Clyde is hit in the head and dies immediately after the first shot. Bonnie screams as she sees her friend die.
The officers fire approximately 130 shots and empty each of their weapons into the car. Bonnie and Clyde are dead. The car is inspected and towed away. All newspapers in the USA reported on the end of the infamous couple.
The couple’s last wish is not fulfilled: Bonnie and Clyde wanted to be buried side by side, but the Parker family doesn’t allow this. Bonnie’s mother wants her daughter’s body brought home, but the mob surrounding the Parkers’ house makes this impossible. More than 20,000 people attend Bonnie’s funeral, but her family has difficulty reaching the grave. Clyde’s funeral was a small affair.
