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jwall. The rain took we of the
rest.
- But for the iinapps. the §uiterts
jand their neighbors. the memories
are indelible: a sudden explosion of
fviolence. then a weeklong siege of
-investigators. reporters and droves
Jot strangers on s morbid sightsee-!ln%_ tour.his unrernarlrsbiy suburban
{corner In South Dade lost its
-innocence on Friday. April ll.
I "I never thought anything like
;this would ever happen here. I-guess ii you're in the wrong place
gat the wrong time. . .. said
Tommy MtC0nnoD. i8. who came
'home that morning from Palmetto
High. iii. to find agents crouching
-behind his old Pacer hatchback.
guns pointed across the street.
Dead men on lawn
The shooting had just ended. He
saw dead and wounded men lying
On his neighbor's front lawn amid
the wreckage of three FBI sedans
and one getaway ear.
McConnon lives with his brother
and his parents. Don and Diane
Haurnan. in a rented three-bed-
roorn duplex across the street
from the shoot-out. They moved in
almost a year ago. after the
Haurnans returned to Miami from
seven years in Saudi Arabia.l"The squeal of tires. the guys
with no mufflers. is standard fare
around here." said Robert Stet»-
bins. who lives in one of the two
identical single-family homes onthe street. dramatic QWQQLQQ4
uildings with glass roofs.
-= The east side of the avenue
betwe-en 120th and 124th streets is
otherwise taken up by 10 duplex
tomes. mostly rentals. Several
tenants have been there less than a
ear. Among the residents areglniverxity of Miami law students.chiropractor. a furniture aslee-
'ma.n. an elderly oounie and a
family whose small ehfidren
liven! been told what happened
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{It's very quiet : "
The duplexes face the backwalls oi two shoiping centers. a
Florida Power It ight substation
sod a plain twostnry office build-
ing. The banks the robbers hit are
ieant blocks away.
"it is not a very homogeneous
neighborhood. not the hind oi
place where you shoot over ho the
neighbors for a hamburger barbe-
cue on a Saturday night. said
Stebbins, 46. a financial consult-
ant. But in tenns of the people.
It's very quiet. People go to
business. come home and that:
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On a -10-foot pole in his tron
h [ ti. a U5. flag flies at half-mastn worked or m ° _-Elhonor of the slain I-Bl agents.- This is my old neighborhood,"
said Diane Haurnan. 4 . I wanted
to be here. All my sons friends are
here. My friends from out of town
would hear the horror stories and lglad them. I live here. It's not like
t. . I just thought I lived In a gulet
neighborhood. I told them I ved
in s nice neighborhood.
-residential. Nothing ever happens.
--A-nd1iow this.
Only a block from South Dixie
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their way to Burger King:IStebbins was working on his
tulips when the chase caravan
came down his street. He and his
girlfriend, Billie Holloway. saw
the gunfight from the first to the
hst shot.
They have had llte respite
since. After being interviewed on'--e-~iF
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What are the odds of this happening
on my driveway? If you made a dollar
bet on it, youd be a millionaire
several times over.
Cory Sultert, neighbor
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television and quoted in the news-
paper. they were questioned by
the local FBI and Metro-Dade
detectives. then a group from theFBI in Washington."People you even: talked to in
years call you up and say. Hey. l
saw. you on TV. I'm getting
waste calls at l trorn guystellig me not to say too much. Or
the I says theyre wackos." said
Stebbins. standing in his patio. He
wore a 9mm handgun strapped to
his hip. He started wearing it
around the house after the shoot-
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"It's lust enough to unsettle
you." he said.
But he understands that there
was no special reason. no conspir-
acy that ted the and robbers
to his hiock.
"Happenstance." he said.
reflecting the opinion of mos! oi
his neighbors. "It could have
happened anywhere. on the next
bio-cit. or on l52nd Street. or west
of_,f.hn..h.lg,hway."
Constant reminder
But it didn't. said Ethel Knapp.
ll happened here. she said. You can't go by that corner and
not think of ll."
Knapp and her husband.
Charles. live a block away from
82nd Avenue on l22nd Street. in s
row of 30»year-old homes built on
one-acre lots. A few of the houses
are occupied by the, original own-
ers. Several are lot sale. in the
past few years, young families
have been moving into the neigh-
borhood. Residents say there has
been little crime.
"To me. it's a real neighborhood.
an old established neighborhood."
s-aid Sue Cooper. who four months
ago moved with her husband and
two small children into a house
one door down from the shootings.
Like virtually all her neighbors»
both on 62nd Avenue and l"unu
Street. Cooper said she has no
intention of moving.
"I'm tempted to say maybe we
made the wrong decision, hut that
hasn't really crossed our minds."
said Cooper. "l don't ieei any less
safe. It was a freak happening."
Life goes on
Butlt was a freak happening
that failed to even faza someI""'.---_.
residents. Dan Idinkes. a sleepy-
eyed UM law student, said he was
awakened by the gunfire. Once he
saw what was happening, he said.
"l lust got back into bed." He
remained indifferent days after the
event.
Nothing happens." said
Mlnkes. "Life goes on."
The Knapps acknowledge that
the ahootinas hit them especially
hard. The Eiiiers. William Mails
and Michael Lee Flatt. were their
gardeners. it's devast.st;in1'." Ethel Knappsaid as she sat in er living room.
darkened at ntldafternoon. it's
hard to believe things like that
exist. it's not only what they did.
It's what could have happened.
"We're living in a fort. We're
living in a prison. This is my home.
This is every%y's home. it:
scary. What: neat?"
For Cory Sukert. all that re-
rnains is to have the bullet holes inhis car plugied. Sukerl. 21, a UM
senior, was ome alone when the
cars crashed on his lawn and the
bullets began ying through his
living room. He lay on the floor in
the back of the house until it was
over.
"You s-he it. and you deal with
it, he said last week. 92iv'hat are
the odds of this happening on my
driveway? if you made a dollar bet
on it. you'd be a millionaire several
times over. It denitely shook me
up this weekend. Now it's over."
Sukert looked at the orange
lines that investigators spray-
painted on his drive. They would
soon he erased. but Su§_e3_doe§n'tneed any reminders. '
I'm not used to seeing dead
bodies In the street. he said. ,
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To The Editor:
We want prOIBCli0fi from those bad
. guys. from their malice toward us and
,our families We look to our law-
i enforcement officers for that protection.
Protect us, we say -- but do it by the
hrules. Follow our Constitution, we say.
and do that dangerous work with the
; least possible impingement on individu-
.als rights. Expose yourselves to the
11 worst instincts and most vicious im-[puises of the most unprincipled human
1 beings. and do it all the time adhering to
the best and highest standards of our
, would-be civilized society.
' This would seem to be a preposterous
I notion. except that thousands of people
, - this nations law-enforcement offi-
cers do it every day. A handful of
ithern were doing this hard duty last
Friday morning. April ii. in Kendall
;-when the slaughter began. What hap-
lpened in the next moments brought
ihorne, in the cruelest and most vivid
i way, what it can mean to be a
"law-enforcement officer in a civilized
society. It means that wicked and
greedy people will try to iiiil you. it
means that you will fight to protect
yourself and your colleagues, but will
take care to hurt no bystanders, holding
your fire as, in fear or bewilderment,
they pass. All the while, the shooting at
you will continue and, at the worst, will
strike horns. '
Even at the best. when the arrest
-oes peacefully and there are no tragic
neadlines and black strips of tape on
poiice officers badges, law enforcement
ls a hard duty. The officer must not only
lnaite his case, but also frequently must
defend it and his behavior from attack
in a system thattests to the maximum
the strength and propriety of each
Joposed prosecution. _
As a novice prosecutor, filmed -to
Ti,-istie at the routine attacks of defense"
aounsel In the courtroom on -the
guthfulness and Integrity of ' {aw-
enfortemenf officers. I would be even
nore infuriated when, out in the
iailway and_a.ttu|y from the iury, the..,...,e Law enforcement demands the best in us
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officers always viewed ft-with
more equanlmlty. and even humor, than
I did. Perhaps they understood better
=4he essential paradox of their role. orEst accepted ft snore: A-taociery that sior toth security and liberty will
never be an easy place for those
committed to ensuring each, at peril of
their lives.
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on such difficult jobs? The answercannot be sat-rte
--answer each ilaaitrtaltes ' ' noo|ttem-
. plating the essential mystery of human
iéialtrutsm and goodness -in an imperfect
world. We can only recognize it when it
happens and begratefui. These are our-"iheroes. _ ii-"
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To The Editor:
The horrendously one-sided score in
the recent shoot-out completely mysil--
tied me until I thought of what must be
proved correct: The agents were simply
out-firepowered. Confirmation came in
The Herald's April I3 editions Oppos-
ing Firepower."
That the I-"BI would not have semi-
automatic carhines in this age of
weapons is insane. A Smith and 92.Iv'es=.ori
or even a Colt .45 is considered a toy in
the minds of the "bad guys."
Had some U.S. legislators been among
the crowd of witnesses to the worst
shooting in the Bureau's history. I'm
sure they would have voted differently
on the McClure-Vollimer bill, which
was strongly opposed by police iorces
across the nation. it is now a definite
firing range out there.
CARL D. bMiTH. JR.
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To The Editor:
How could FBI agents with revolvers
talte on greater firing power without
sustaining major injuries and even
death?
The agents who were killed and
those who were wounded will he long
remembered with honor and sadness as
a sacrifice to an uneven. violent eflort
to apprehend criminals.
Let us remember that guns do kill.
Our I-Bl agents should be equipped with
greater firing power. with thepublic
knowledge that it will be used when
needed.
DYIHIJA Urua_a.-vlvaniv
rth Miami
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Thoughts from Riverside Churchi .
To The Editor:- i-. ' ii" erning article aboutif'g]a§;;:s'eitle;sicBiil Matix. Hérdd.April H!. short-time member of v_er-
gig}: Baptist Church, asks this questionoi the congregation; Why did one ol us
' Jh!lLhe answer ls. Because he was I10!
one oi us. In my opinion. he cameiggking a facade of respectability "5 Igood environment for his delight!!!-what better place to find them than
at a well-thought-oi church I-0 mikehim less suspect in his nefarious
acti vities?"--*92
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. A. ,»_The Herold; handling of the FBI
shoot-out Story in its April I3 edition
was an outrage. Giving front-page spgggto two homicidal maniacs while placing
the stories oi seven decent. heroic men
on the back pages is horrible. '..___ -.
This was a perfect Opportunity gogive honor and tribute to the "good
guys" and to show that in this instance.
at least. crime did not pay in Miami,
LOUISE D. Mitten
Miami
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Isn't it ironic that the day after the
National Rifle Association NRA! cele-
brated its successful intimidation of
Congress to pass a loosening of gun-
control laws. one of the biggest shoot-
outs in the history of Florida took place?
Two FBI agents killed. five wounded.
In the face of the great rise in crime, our
weal:-kneed lawmakers out of greed
for the enormous amounts of money
oanded out by the NRA allowed
themselves to be duped into passing
such a vile law.
Those congressmen will have to facegieir constituents in the coining elec-
ons.
MILTON R. Jacons
North Miami
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I arn so tired of the bloodshed on our
streets and of national headlines about
Miami -- all negative. of course. But l
am even more upset over what is
becoming of our city.
Day in and day out. policemen.
remen. and other people put their lives
on the line, yet there is all this serious
crime continuing.
Maybe we should follow the punish-
ments used in Saudi Arabia. "an eye for
an eye. There aren't many repeat
offenders there.
To those two FBI men who lost their
right to live and to the five who were
Injured. I am terribly sorry. but thank
you for your devotion to the cause. For
all the policemen who rushed to the
scene to lend their support. thank you
also. God tiless you all.
To those who "have had it. it's time
to leave Miami." goodbye but l'i-ii
Itayina. I believe that there is a lot to bedone. hut Pin willing to fight for it.
- --Main CRISTINA Va_iios_
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To The Editor:
Two weeks have passed since two of
my fellow agents died and five more
were wounded. I still ask myself: Am I
good enough?More than I week has passed since
my fellow agents were buried and
others remain hospitalized. their tami-
tles and friends grieving and trauma-
tized. And I still ask myself: Am I good
enough?
What happened to the FBI agents on
April 11. I986 on SW 82nd Avenue In
Miami could have happened anywhere
In our country. It could have happened
to my law-enforcement agency in our
country. On April I1. I986. it did
happen to agents of an organization to
which I proudly belong Years of
training and experience can never fully
prepare any law-enforcement officer
for the unexpected nightmare, nor for
the shock of sudden death. Try as we
may, we are all merely human. We
carry badges and guns. but we also feel
every emotion felt by others. We do try
to "protect and serve." Though some-
times as human beings we fail, as a
whole the law-enforcement community
is as dedicated and selfless as any other
on this Earth. And I still ask: Am I good
enough?
I ask the question because I wasn't
on SW 82nd Avenue that morning. I ask
the question on behalf of law-enforce-
ment officers everywhere who were not
on the scene when their partners and
friends were wounded or lost their
lives. task the question because I need
to know If I could have stood In their
shoes that morning in Miami and have
I-O honored my badge.
RALPH L. MORGAN
Special Agent
FBI
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STEVE DAILY COMMENTARY
MONDAY, APRIL lth, 1986
SHOOIOUT! I
IT'S DIFFICULT FOR HOST PEOPLE TO IMAGINE THE COURAGE
IT TAKES FOR PEOPLE LIKE THOSE FBI AGENTS TO DO WHAT
THEY DID FRIDAY MORNING.
JUST TRY TO IMAGINE IT: PERFORMING A SIMPLE LICENSE-PLATE
CHECK ALONG SOUTH DIXIE HlGHHAY...THEN BEING SNCFFED OCT I
HAIL OF GUNFIRE. BUT THE COCRAGE CAME IN~BETKEEN. WHILE
THE OETLAHS HERE CONTINUING TO FIRE RAPIDLY AT THE FBI
AGENTS...THOSE AGENTS HERE ALTERNATELY HOLDING FIRE AND
TRYING IO PROTECT INNOCENT PEOPLE DRIVING BY...AND TRYING
TO PROTECT THEMSELVES BY FIRING AT THE OUTLAHS.
IT TAKES A VERY SPECIAL KIND OF PERSON TO STAND THERE
BEING SHOT-AT, AND PARTICULARLY BEING SHOT-AT WITH
AUTOMATIC WEAPONS...AND TO HOLD YOUR FIRE WHILE SOME
UNAKARE INDIVIDUAL DRIVES OR WALKS BY. FRANKLY, IT
GOES AGAINST ALL HTHAN INSTINCTS...AND IT TAKE A GREAT
DEAL OF ATTENTION TO TRAINING TO MAKE IT WORK.
HHEN INCIDENTS OCCUR STCH AS THAT ONE, I ALWAYS THINK
HON GRAIEFEL WE OCGHT TO BE THAT THERE ARE SUCH PEOPLE
WORKING FOR US. IT HARES ALL THE CREEPS WHO MASQUARADE
AS COPS AND WORK FOR THE OUTLAWS ALL THE MORE LANMENTABLE
AND DISGUSTING...AND IT SHOULD MAKE THE REST OF US ALL
THE MORE PROUD THAT THERE ARE STILL YOUNG PEOPLE WILLING
TO BECOME POLICE OFFICERS, FBI AGENTS AND MILITARY PERSONN
FRIDAY'S MERDERS AND WOCNDINGS OF SOME OF OUR FINEST OEGHT
TO MAKE US ALL AWARE OF THE PRIDE WE OUGHT TO HAVE AND
THE ADMIRATION WE SHOULD HOLD FOR THE REST OF THEM.
I'M STEVE DAILY, AND THAT'S HY OPINION.
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Miami FBI shoot-out
inuences governor
AUSTIN -- A shoot-out in
Miami that left two FBI agents
dead and five wounded inspired
Gov. Marl: White on Thursday to
buy Sl31.000 worth of semiauto-
matic rifles for Texas Department
of Public Safety troopers.
White said a criminal justice
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Mini 14" semiautomatic rifles for
officers in such high-risk units as
narcotics, intelligence and motor
vehicle theft. The grant also will
pay for 43 body armor vests.
"Looking at the weapon power
alone, It {the Miami shoot-out] was
not a fair fight." he said. "This
incident raised serious questions
about how adequately armed our
law enforcement officers are to
face odds against a heavily armed
assailant. " lo Page 2 32
W-P" BROWARD
APri1 25. 1986
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Ten months before Bill Malia and Michael Plan
killed two Miami FBI agents in the bloodiest gunfightin FBI history. a Nebraska man ;.~.- .. . -. I
says. the pair abducted him and ."5_"" =* '-=:,'e_+;threatened to kill him over a '
business deal. 3- _
They were bl-oodcurdling i_,.-as Y -iii .
characters. They terrified rne." -q
said Earle M. "Tad" Burnett ll. ._c --'"They told me they were going .4! Q--
todisrnember me." _ ._ 1*
U.S. postal authorities are |n-
vesti atin Burnett and his m '~"~
M-atia
Burnett sold defective vending machines through the
mail. said Art Thompson. a U.S. postal inspector in
OrnahafBurnett declined comment on the probe.
Matix and Flatt bought vending machines from
Burnett. That purchase led to the alleged abduction
and. subsequently. a lawsuit filed by Matix accusing
Burnett of slander.
According to the court file of the slander suit, ob-
tained from a county court in Lincoln. Neb.. Matix
and Piatt purchased vending machines from Burnett
in early i985.
in an interview with The Miami News. Burnett
said the 10 reconditioned cigarette. candy and soda
machines cost Matix and Platt $ll'.l.000.
"They got in touch with me after they saw an adin USA Today." said Burnett. I got the impression
they were going to start a route. hey told me they
were in with the local boys down there, criminals,
but l took that with a grain of salt.
Burnett. 59. owner of Frost Corp.. said that shortly
after Hatix and Platt bought the machines they de-
cided they no longer wanted to go into the business3-id shipped them back to Nebraska in damaged con-
tion.
"They demanded to be given their money back. I
didn't refund them any money. but sent them a letter
telling them that when the machines were fixed up
and resold that they would get some back." said Bur-
aett.
Malia. however. contended In papers filed to sup-
port his slander suit that the vending machines were
returned because they didn't work and chimed Bur-
nett misled him about a refund.
June. the disagreement came to a bead. ""*-
Burnett. In a counterclaim flied In the slander case,
aid he was leaving home for work about 7:30 aan.
June I8 92"11L.h$_92a'as "accosted" by Matlx. 32. and
Plait. 35.They "indicated to Burnett! that they were armed
with a hand gun and knives and that they would kill
him! unless he refunded the entire amount of the sale
price to them immediately." the counterclaim says.
"During this conversation William Matix and Michael
Piatt each kept his hand in his pocket and each made
certain gestures that indicated that he had a weapoi n
inside his pocket."
Maria: account of the incident makes no mention
of the alleged abduction at Burnett: home.
Burnett. who said he later learned that the pair
had watched him for two days before confronting
him. said Matix and Platt used the abduction to play
a good guy-bad guy routlne" with him.
Matix appeared to be the perfect gentleman most
of the time." he said. "Ninety percent of the threats
came from Platt. but it was obvious they were work-
ing together."
Burnett said he stalled for time. telling hiatix and
Plait that he couldn't get any money until the banks
opened later that morning. He said that after the pair
forced him to accompany them. he suggested they go
downtown for breakfast. He recommended a place he
knew police were sure to be. he said.
Matix and Burnett's accounts agree on what hap-
pened next.
"While at Kuhls Restaurant eating breakfast. Burnett! suddenilyllumpled to his fact and ran toia ta-ble where severa inco n po ice o icers were s tting
and complained In a voice that could be heard
throughout the establishment that Matirt! was
threatening to kill Burnett!." states Matias com-
l nt.P a:.5gt. Adolph Hynek was one of the officers at the
ta rant that da . '"s"ll1all happeneyd so fast I thought it was a joke."Hynelt said in an interview. "l remem_b_er Burnett
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and searched them and their rental car for weapons.
tt°"°°'l"t°iili3Jl'§§1n .. " em Oll . Lt C E]! Matixeaf1decPlatt! had a lelgltlmate nomiplgidntg said
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Malia and Platt. furious about Burnett: story to
police. began looking for a lawyer. Across the streetgot-n tihe restaurant they found the ofticooe-Stanley.00 en.
-e They were ang because theyiiad been ac-tused." Cohen said. "They wanted to be vindicated.
Cohen agreed to take the case for 8200. court costs
and 10 percent of whatever -was recovered from Bur-
nett. He flied suit Aug. 20 alleging that Matt: was._ ' ~ _ 74:1
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threat." Matimher alleges that the allegations made
by Burnett! were for the sole purpose of having Ma-
tix} arrested so he could not collect the money that
was rightfully his," Matix's complaint states.
The case never went to trial. Flatt and the police
were to have been Malixs witnesses. Cohen said.
"I never realized that there was any possibility
that Platt and Matix were serious." said Cohen. who
only yesterday learned that Malia and Platt had been
killed in the FBI shootout in Kendall that also left five
agents wounded. "I guess I entertain that possibility
now. ""--=-
Burnett. who had not been questioned by the I-Bl
about his encounter with the killers, said he feelslucky to be alive today.
"I kept wiping my eyes when I read abot.l't*t*he¢a.i-n
the newspaper. l just couldn't believe it," said Bur-
nett. "1 remember they called me an old man and said
that because of that they could outwit me. They told
me that when you get old, the brain deteriorates . . . l
had never been talked to like that."
Detective I- ohies said that Lincoln police were
sympathetic with Matix and Platt.
Thompson, the postal inspector. said Matix and
Piatt never complained to the Postal Service. but
Kohles said Lincoln police investigated their com-
plaints about Burnett and turned the mattor_.Q_yg;_ to
the FBI.
A spokesman for the i-BI in Lincoln declined corn-
ment.
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MIMI! A dispute about vending machines
16 ffioihs before the bloodiest shoot-out in FBI
history escalated to abduction and death
threats, says a Nebraska man whose business
deal with slain bank robbery suspects Bill Matix
and Michael Plat: turned sour.
They were bloodcurdljng characters," Earle
M. "Tad" Burnett II told the Miami News in a
story published Wednesday. "They told me they
were going to disrnember me."The accusatiorm oromgéted Mati: to file al:;::tn1_3g_:g_|_nst urnett, who filed a
The business deal began in early 1985, when
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8101100 from Burnett, who is being in-estigated
by U.S. postal authorities because of complaints
that he sold defective vending machines through
the mail. ""'-"'~
Burnett, 59, said that shortly after Matt: and
Platt bought the machines, they shipped them
back to Nebraska in damaged condition.
"The demanded to he given their moneyback," gurnett said. "I didn't refund them any
money, but sent them a letter telling them that
when the machine were fixed up and raoid
that they would get some hack."
Burnett said that the two Miami men changed
their minds about going into the vending busi-
ness. But in his suit Mali: claimed the machine:
were returned because they didnt work. 1
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worlt one morning last June when he Ia: ";¢-
co-sted" by Math, 82, and Flatt, 85. "'--
They "indicated to {Burnett} that they werearmed with a hand gun and knives and that they
lwould kill _[_him]_unJe-as he refunded the entire
!llTl0l.l.Dl or toe sale price to them immediately,"
the counterclaim says. During the convex-aa tionWilliarn Nlatu; and Michael Flatt each kept hishand in pocket and each made certain ga-ttires that indicated that he had a weapon inside
his pocket"
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the threats came from Platt, but it Ill obvious
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. William R. Matix, a former Dela-
ware. Ohio. man who police say killed
two FBI agents Friday near Miami, wasya:-ried to one of two technicians who
ere gagged, bound and stabbed to
death in Riverside Hospital in 1983.
Matix, 34, and Michael Lee Platt. 32,
died in a gun battle. Two FBI agents alsoled, and five other agents were wound-
Matix and Platt had been linked to at
least a half-dozen bank and armored car
robberies in Dade County, Fla, duringtheilast year, said law enforcement offi-
cia s.
J Columbus police said federal offi-
cials told them last night of the death of
Matix, once considered a possible sus-
pect in his wife's slaying.
Matix's wife, Patricia, 30, and Joyce
McFadden, 33, research assistants at
Riverside Hospital, were slain in a hos-
pital laboratory Dec. 30, 1983. Columbus
mgghave not solved the killings.
Capt._Antone Lanata said last night,
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A man killed in the Miami shootout had
been married to one of the hospital
technicians slain in 1983.
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We looked hard at the man. We fol-
lowed him around. We looked for girl-
friends."
He said Matix told police he was at
home watching his infant daughter, Me-
lissa, when his wife was murdered. Lan-
ata said Matix's story had some "human
nature inconsistencies."
Other police officials said Math!
death could be a turning point in the
case, but they will not be sure until they
have sorted through FBI information.
Police sources said their strongest
suspect is not Mstix but another man
who was a construction worker at the
hospital. The man, never charged, was
linked to the crime by circumstantial
evidence, police said.
Police said the man owned a pair ofwork boots that matched a bloody bootprint found in the lab. A search warrant
iled with Franklin County Municipal
Court said the worker had talked to both
women the day of the murders.
Mrs. Matix, 30, and Joyce McFadden.
33, were bound, gagged and repeatedly
stabbed in the face and chest in the
first-floor medical research laboratory
in what police said then was an apparent
robbery.
Matix and McFadden: husband,
Larry, were questioned by police but
were never publicly called suspects.
The women were killed with the
some weapon, described by police as a
knife with an inch-wide blade.
Authorities in both Florida and Co-
lumbus described Matix as religous and
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A close friend, the Rev. David Culver,
aaid Matix remarried in Miami last
May. Culver said Matix came back to
pela92-fare about three times to visit
friends and relatives. "
Culver of Calvary Baptist Church,
1450 Troy Rd, said Matix was greatly
affected" by his wife's murder. He said
Matix, a Columbus Technical Institute
graduate in helicopter mechanics, had
planned to enter the National Guard.
After the murder, Matix decided to
become a partner in a landscaping busi-
ness with Flatt, who was a Marine Corps
friend, Culver said.
ituthorities called Matix and Platt
unlikely killers with common back-
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living and personal tragedy.
Both were family men and
homeowners. Both lost their wives
to violent death. Plstt's wife, Re-
gina, committed suicide by shoot-
ing herself in the head with a
shotgun in December 198-I. inves-
tigators said.
FBI agents said it was the rst
time since 1979 that two I-Bl
agents were killed in one incident
and the most casualties in s single
action in the agency's 79-year his-
tory.
The suspects behavior, their
use of automatic .223-caliber
weapons and their fatigue clothes,
similiar to those worn by surviva-
lists, suggest ties to extremist
groups, yesterday's Miami Herald
quoted an unidentified FBI agent
in Washinion as saying.
They did not shoot out of fear
or excitement. It was cold. It was
calculated." the agent said.
"They really sound like survi-
vslists. . .. They are very clean-
cut, definitely Americans," said
Metro-Dade Police Sgt. Tony
Monheirn.
"In the holdups, the group
would be waiting for the guards
and would just shoot them. They
were ruthless. They were danger-
ous," said Al Carballosa, s Metro-
Dade police spokesman.
Neither had ever been arrest-
ed, police said. A woman who
rented a house from Platt told the
Herald he was "an all-around nice
person . . . an excellent landlord."
To their friends and neighbors,
Matix and Platt were l1I'Cl-WOl|t-
ipg friends who ran a <-mall land-scaping business that provided
them good homes and hopes for
the future.'
They were just a nice family,
that's why I'm really in shock,"
said a neighbor of Platts who
sked not to be named.
I'm devastated," said one
woman who lives in the same
quiet cul-de-sac in the Harnrnonds
subdivision where ii;tt lived with
his wife and their four children
the past year. Their poor little
ltids. That: who I'm hurting for."
Matix and Plstt are believed to
have killed two people and shot at
least two more during the ar-
mored car and bank holdups, in-
cludin one holdup Jan. 10, policesaid. fa that robbery, a Brink's
messenger was shot in the stom-
sch_by s man wearing a ski mask.
Witnesses said a second man
got out of the assailants car and,
standin over the bleeding cour-ier, fired two more shots into him
with an automatic rie.
The men then lifted two duffel
bags from the armored car and
ed into a Kendall neighborhood.
The Brink: messenger is still re-
covering.
The car used by the assailants
was traced to Emilio Briel, Z-5, who
was reported missing Oct. 10 after
fsiling to return home from s trip
to a quarry used for target prac-
tice, authorities said. Briel has not
been found and is presumed dead.
Detectives said the two may be
linked to at least two shootings at
the quarry. "'_"_ '
On March 12, a target shooter
was shot four times and left in a
' canal at the quarry by two white
5--I|-_-up ai-iiIn11
males who stole his car. dose Col-
l lszo. 30, survived by playing dud.
then crawled out of the canal and
' walked three miles for help. His
car was used in s bani, robbepr
than-s_n:nelu later.
in unidentified skeleton was
found near the quarry Us-rch 1._ 7 __ 77 7 YT. i w agents wounded Friday
were in serious but stable condi-
jtiou yesterday in Baptist Hospi-- I nursing supervisor said. A
third was in fair and stable condi-
tion in South Miami Hospital.
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William R. Matix's life was
fraught with tragedy.
Relatives and friends are won-
dering whether the deaths Of his
father, three brothers and the
1983 murder of his wile, Patricia.
claimed a heavier toll than they
realized.
Nobody knows why Matix, de-
scribed as a soft-spoken, God-
fearing man, would turn into a
killer who was fatally shot Friday
in a battle with FBI agents. Police
said Matix killed two agents with
a rrisehiae gun before he was
killed.
THE REV. David Culver, a
close family friend, said last night
that Matix changed after his wife
was murdered and he moved to
Miami. Matix. who lived s modest
life in Delaware, had more money
than ever before. he said.
After he left there were noti-
ceable changes. l saw nothing of a
violent reaction," said Culver.
.----:in expensive clothes and aban-
doned his dream of becoming a
helicopter pilot to instead work
with an man who served with him
in the Marines. That friend,
ciiaei Lee Plait, was killed with
Matix during the Miami shootout
with eight FBI agents. .,_____,__
I'M SHOCKED. I just can't
believe he did it. Culver said. He
said Matix was a talented oook
and woodworker who attended
church faithfully.
Matix's step-mother, Dols Ma-
tix, of Dayton, told The Dispatch
she bod not been notied that
hiatix had been killed. She refused
to believe that her ltepson had
been involved in bani: robberies.
No, no, that oould not be,"
laid Mrs. Mstix, '71. "H it was Bill.
it must have been some kind of
mistake, because Bill would not go
around robbing banks.
I know the boy too well. He
may have gotten killed, but he
wouldn't rob banks. There is
aomething wrong somewhere. But
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MRS. MATIX said she had not
been in contact with William since
his father, Russell, died of cancer
in a Cincinnati hospital in April
1984.
William attended his father's
funeral in Franklin, Ohio, but left
in s huff when he discovered that
he had been left out of his father's
will, Mrs. Matix said.
Mrs. Matix, who was married
to Russell about 3 years, said her
husband left everything to her.
Russell left behind a pickup truck,
the family house and some per-
sonal belongings, she said.
Hospital hills had depleted thecou£le's bank account, Mrs. Matix
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"Russell didn't leave very
much, but Bill really got upset
when he was left out of the will,"
Mrs. Matix said. I told him I
didn't want to get into it now, and
that we would talk about the mat-
ter later."
Mrs. Matix said she never..T:~
tallied to William again ,
DESPITE THE falling-out
with William, Mrs. Matix has
some fond memories of her step-
son.
"He worked durin the weekand went to church ongunday. He
cared about his family. That'sjust
the kind of boy he was," she said.
William was hit hard by the
death of his wife, Mrs. Matix said.
"She was s sweet little woman.
and she was his world. When she
was killed, it hurt him awfully
bad," Mrs. Matix said.
She said she had heard that
William had moved to Florida.
married and was "doing well fi-
nsncially."
Culver said Matix did not talk
much about his marriage. He said
Matia had told him it was a trou-
bled marriage. .
He said Matix returned to Del-
aware about three times aftermoving. '
"Whenever he came back he
wanted to know what was new in
the murder," he said."""'?"
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.1 William R. Matix entered a life of crime after
being inuenced by his best friend, Michael Leei Platt, who played on Matix's grief over his mur-1 dered wife, Matix's Brother said yesterday. _
"Platt was creepy. l only met him once. but it
W was enough," Paul Matix, 35. told The Dispateh
;i esterday during a telephone interview from Kli-al ieen Texas. "
1*-William mm, 34, and Plntt, 32, were killed
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Lanata said Matix is not necessarily a pr1_me
auspect in the murder, out 1:::lic2 are reeh_eclun_g591139 "highly unusual things lbout Maui: a atti-
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Paul Matix said he saw his hrother cry mill?
times" over the murder of his wife. Adding to the
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Religious magazine called William R. Mail: dedicated father," Page 3 D ~""_ " .
Miami. Two FBI gents also died, and five other-
agents were injur .
The FBI said Matix and Plait, whose wives
Q both died tragic deaths, may be linked to at least a
_ half-dozen bank and armored car robberies in Dede
County. Fla., in the last year. Police have said the
robbers killed two people and shot at least two
more during the lloldups. a...._....
- Miami investigators said they may reopen the
case into the 1984 death of Platt'a wife, Regina, who
died from a Bb01.g'0n blast ta-the head. The shooting
was ruled a suicide.
i And Columbus police Ca L Antone Lanai;J yesterday laid a "whole new daoor has opened in
I the investigation concerning the 1983 murder of
Helix! wife, Patricia, 30, and her co-worker, JoyceQ McFadden, 83. research assistants at Riverside
-2.4Hospital. They were bound, gagged and stabbed tn
,death in a hospital laboratory on Dee. 80. 1983.
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grief, their father, Russell Matix,
died two months later.
Paul 1-latiz said their mother,
Yvonne Ernerick of New Madison,
Ohio, left for Florida on Saturday
to have William Matix'a body
brought back to Ohio for a funeral
and burial.
He said he last saw his
brother in September while visit-
ing Miami.
He described his brother as a
shy, clean-cut man who had re-
spect for the law. He said William
ldatix, who drove a 1982 Oldsmo-
bile 98. lived a moderate lifestyle
in Miami. He dressed i.n shorts
and knee-high socks.
My brother is no cold killer,
Paul hlatix said.
Paul Matix said his brother
was born to Yvonne and Russell
Matix in a small crossroads town
near Dayton.
The family later moved to
Greenville, Ohio, where the par-
ents eventually divorced, Paul
Matix said. The brothers and their
mother moved to New Madison,
Ohio, just south of Greenville,
where the brothers graduated
from high school, he said.
After graduating, William
Matix immediately enlisted in the
Marines, Paul Matix said. Paul
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William ldatix served two
tours of duty with the Marines in
either Guam or Okinawa, his
brother said. William lfatix then
left the military for about six
months and worked odd jobs, such
as painting cars, before joining
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Army in the mid-1970s and en-
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Ohio. He later graduated from s
chef school in New York, Paul
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tricia Buchanich, his first wife,
whom he met during his tour in
the Army. They later settled near
Delaware. Ohio. After her mur-
e!er_ Williern changed, Peel Malia
said.
"Bill kept a lot of things to
himself. Some people keep it bot-
tied up inside, he said.
He said Platt contacted his
brother after the murder and
asked him to leave Ohio and work
for him at a landscaping business
in Miami. William Matix and
Plait. best friends since they met
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lived only blocks apart in the quiet
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died.
Paul Matix said Platt was a
creep who had I bad attitude.
He believes his brot.her'| pain
helped Platt lure him into some
type of criminal activity.
What the FBI is saying
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Hiarni yen_t_el-day to meet fith the
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Charleston, W.Va., for burial.
Two wounded agents we:
serious but stable condition ;
terday, two others were treate
Miami hospitals and released. '
fifth agent, Ed Mireles, was in!
condition.
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Plat: and Matix ae they attemp.
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l'UPl]-I E1 Dll'¬'¬l0l' William H.W atten ing s on u-
erai O one of his agents in is
many days. said Tuesda 5- that Jerry
Dove gave the "last full measure of
devotion in a gun battle with bank
tbbbery suspects.
Dove. 30. one of two agents killed
in a l_h_oot-out with t_wt_1_arrri_ored
ear robbery suspects tn Miami last
Friday. "lived to see his childhood
dream become a reality," Webster
llid.
"Hts courage and devotion to
duty never wavered." Webster said
of Dove. "We had 8 very tall man.
He gave all of us his last full
measure of devotion.
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Webster was among 400 people
attending memorial and burial ser-
vices for Dove. and he flew from
Miami, where he attended services
for the other dead agent. Beriiamin
T. Grogan, 53. on Monday.
Five other agents were wounded
in the shoot-out in which two
suspects were killed.
Dozens of law enforcement offi-
cials were among the rriourriers
Tuesday. Gov. Arch A. Moore .lr.,
_ ____ ..._ . _ y<4s.¬?§:5 I Y?Slate Police Supt. Fred Doriohoe
and Atty. Gen. Charlie Brown also
attended the service.
Special Agent Bob Ross. who
was with Dove when he died,
praised his partner of the last nine
months. -
We were as close as any two
agents ever were." Ross said. "At
the end. Jerry was upfront, where
he always wanted to be. He was a
front-line guy all the way." ~
Ross said that Dove and Grogan
did not suffer when they died. '
"It was very quick," he said. é
Ross. a 15-year veteran of the
FBI. called Dove a "tht-owbaclt" to
what law enforcement officers
uaedtobe. .
"He had enthusiasm, desire and
dedication in plenty," Ross said.
"His sense of humor was unique. he
loved people and he believed in
what he was doing He was a
beautiful person."
Memorial services and graveside
rites were conducted by the Rev.
Joe I-larpold. a close friend of Dove.
He was a fun person to be
around." Harpold said later. He
sought to live life to the fullest. He
wast-it afraid to set goals and go for
them. He wasn't afraid to live."
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It was the worst shooting in the long, storied history of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation. Two agents brutally slain by
suspected bank robbers who possessed an arsenal Al Capone
would have envied. Five other agents wounded. The two
suspected bank robbers dead after a wild shootout busted loose in
a normally quiet neighborhood oil U.S. 1 near the Dixie Belle
Shopping Center.
As revealing as those details are. they do not tell the whole
story of what happened last Friday morning when agents
B-eniamln Grogan and Gerald Dove made the ultimate sacrifice in
the line of duty. The real story is one of courage. of FBI agents
risking and giving up their lives to protect the rest of us, and
demonstrating again that when law enforcement officers work
the streets nothing is routine. _
The agents were prepared for trouble. They called in
reinforcements betore they polled over the two suspects who
were d.riving a stolen car that had been used in a robbery. But the
agents oould not be prepared for the weapons that awaited them
or for the homicidal and suicidal nature of those who were
primed to kill and ready to be killed.
Common sense and courage rode with the FBI agents last
Friday morning. even if good luck did not. They made their move
only after pursuing the suspects into a quiet neighborhood. After
the shooting began. witnesses reported. the agents raised their
guns several times as uninvolved motorists drove through the
cross fire. The agents assailants extended no such courtesies.
Before one of the agents finally succumbed. he kept lifting
himself to fire at his assailants, a witness reported. Another agent
who was seriously wounded. Ed Mireles. crawled to confront the
killers as they sought to flee in one of the FBI vehicles, and
Mireles fired the bullets that finally ended the battle.
I-leroisrn on the lob is not rare. but it is often unappreclated.
In this instance the performances and the sacrifices of the agents
should be deeply appreciated by all. It may appear to be small
comfort to the families of Agents Grogan and Dove to be told
what they had known all along: that the men they loved upheld
the highest standards of their profession and lived up to the
highest expectations of humanity. But that is a deep well from
which relatives, friends and colleagues can draw support.
I-Bl Director William Webster said after the tragedy, "As in
law enforcement everywhere, dedicated men and women put
their lives on the line each day for all of us. This is a violent
world, but it would be much worse without their fidelity, their
bravery and their Integrity." In few areas la that sentiment more
appropriate than in Dede County.
Psychiatrists, psychologists and criminologists may never
the shootout, the two men in the stolen car were suspected bank
wobbers. armored ear robbers, even bold-blooded murderers. At
the same time. as it turns out, they were considered to be family
men. No one itnows yet, however. whether they acted alone. or
whether anyone who knew them suspected they lived Olheihiives.
" "Fifi t remain: ba!fling,'!oo. why some motorists ignored
warnings to steer clear of the area where the shootout. which
lasted more than five minutes, was taking place. Perhaps it's the
same inane and selfish reason that leads some motorists to ignore
hcillro or r-prncrue vnhirlr: that are anon-dino dnum fl-to hlnhmavW'* l 7 if f f *7 if abate g
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As the community mourns for Agents Grogan and Dove. and
hopes for the speedy and thorough recovery of the other
wounded agents, it shouid also encourage the FBI end other law
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Giinshots rang out in a quiet lliami street. Soon the air was lled with the
sounds of bullets piercing metal and shattering glass.
When the quiet descended again last Friday morning, tour men were dead
- two robbery suspects, a 25-year veteran FBI agent and 30-year-old Jerry
Dove.
in places like the quiet Dunbar neighborhood where Dove grew op, scenes
like that have never been real; they don't happen except on television.
But perhaps as mach as any of the events in the days since Dove was
HIM. I "to-page telegram trom Vice" television series actor Don
Johnson eapnessing his sympathy to Dove: mother drives home the fact that
life is not like television. When the scene is over the players don't get up and
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law enforcementisdangeroosootglamoi-ois.JerryDovetoew that.And
it was the only thing he ever noted to do.
lie always wanted to be to the FBI." laid Dove: mother, Bobbie Dove.
That's why he went to law school, to meet some of the F'Bl's strict
sequiiemeots.
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tine in law enforcement That was what he wanted."
' FBI Director Wit-ham Webster was expected to attend to am services to-
ll! lot Dove, who was killed along with his partner, Benjamin Grogan. as
3._Ibey tried to arrest two robbery suspects.
_ After graduation from Dunbar High School, Dove attended Concord Col-
ed from Best Virginia UI1l92i'Bl'$Il§ Lau
School then worked in the attornet
generals office llJ'll..ll he was accepted
into the FBI Academy in 1°82
He accepted his 1'-Bl commission in
Pittsburgh and worked there and in
Charlston and Huntington before mot
mg to S-an Diego then to Miami
Long time friend tarry Hatchet said
Dove was goal oriented And before he
net the FBI as his goal he had alreadt
decided to meet a more challenging
He wanted to make a difference in
life, to do something important before
he died," Larry said. "He knew that
long before he thought about the FBI.
Jerry had a real strong sense ot
what was right and what was wrong
e believed in making whatever sacri-
fica he had to to do the right thing."
And although Dove knew the rislu of
being an FBI agent, he didn't talk
much about them, I-latcher said.
"I never had any tear that he would
be killed. he said. '1 think that: in
'; rt because he dowoplayediat aide
s of it tn me.
Dove, who was more conservative
than his counterparts growing up tn the
'60s and '70s, was nonetheless popular
among his peers, I-latches said.
His idea of a good time was to get__hge, then uil3ill.l1I_l..lhiVl.lliil]. where he graduated with honors I-le graduat-
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talk," Hatcher said. lie was always
concerned about our personal lives.
-who we were dating. And he gave lots
of advice, whether we wanted it or
not."H15 memory was astounding ind his
sense of humor was one of his best
traits his friends said Alter seeing a
movie once Dove could recite lines
and }O|tES from it and do impressions
of the actors Clint Eastwood movies
were among his favorites
Ill never lorget, one evening we
had made plans to go to the drive-in
moiies to see ii double leatiire of Clint
Eastwood Hatcher said "I was talk-
ing to mg girlfriend s parents and Jer-
ry drives up wearing I poncho and a
cap gun with a stogy in his mouth. He
walked bosvlegged up to the porch like
Clint Eastwood in one of his movies."
Mrs. Dove also remembers I few
pranks from Dove: youth.
"One Christmas, he and some friends
dressed up as Wise Men and went door-
to-door through the snow in their bill?
robes, haretooted and wearing nape
beards they had made," she said. _
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paltor.. U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Pe-
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arre-at ldatix and Platt.
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aald Webster. We dont fire firstWe 1.? to taolve these things
Peace |_:lly. We don't jeopardize
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injury to anyone, police otfieer or t__~;' oivtiien."
McNeilI's hunch was that two vicious
_ criminals might be prowling e._neigh-
1 borhooo south of Miami one recent Fri-riey mornini. He authorized e roltinll if-'-5 ' ' " ' Wit?stekeout of eight agents in three un~
marked cars. As they cruised the busy
suburban streets of Sunnitend. the
regents were looking tor e bieelt Chev-
rolet Monte Cerlo. The oer hect been
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target practice in a remote corner of
the Everglades. The men. suspected in
more than a dozen armored-car hold-
ups and bank robberies during the past
15 months. had shot Colazzo tour
times in the back and left him for dead
in a shallow pond, but Colazzo had
lived to describe his assailants.
At about 9:20 that Friday. McNeill's
hunch paid oft. Agent Benjamin Gro-
gan. 53. spotted the car and radioed
for reinforcements. The three FBl cars
wheeled in to track the suspects. Soon
the black car was within a block of the
heavily traveled South Dixie Highway.
McNeill saw a rifle barrel rise in the
tront seat. "They're loading upl he ra-
dioed. Tires squealing. the agents
cars converged on the Monte Carlo.
forcing it to crash into a tree. Two
more FBl vehicles raced to the scene.
The suspects opened tire immediately.
rolling combat-style from the stolen
car. One of the btoodiestand most
t'ny$leriousshoot-outs in the 78-year
history of the FBI was underway.
Grogan and his partner. agent Jerry
Dove. 30. were mortally wounded by
some oi the first blasts from the sus-
pects shotgun and Huger Mini-14 rie.
which holds a 30-round magazine. The
agents fired baclr with a shotgun.
9-rnm pistols and .38-cal. revolvers. but
they were outgunnecl. "I got shot in the
hand." says agent John Hanlon. 48.
"My hand exploded. and I Hopped over
on my back and looked to my left and
saw the guy standing by the car. Then
he can-ie around and shot me again on
the Wound in the groin. There was a lot
of rncl-iine=gi.in fire. and all the cas-
ings came down on me.
"i heard Ben go. Oh. my God. butt
'didn't feel him fall down. Then Jerry
Dove fell right next to me. his head
face down. Jerry raised his head. his
eyes were closed. and the guy who I
think snot me. shot Jerry in the back of
the head. Executed him. I could see
the bullet hole in the back ol his head. I
was lying on the ground. and F. honest
to God. t thought of my wite. my three
kids. l wasn't thinking, l gotta see
Paris. but I wasn't ready to die.l
u-irnain Ulchaol Flatt {cutter} I0: cloud
_Iftor the battle. The bodies at FBI agents
Dove and G-rogan are covered at dint..-». . ,, " ._ §',..> .-_. __ ..?1.*#"*;-_. __,, ! _ .»-22*» __ .. _- ¬_ _- , . _._.:p--_._.- _I - ' 92- 5 -rt-If! $-:1-'='.2" 1'"-E?- tthought. '5 hope he doesn't put the gun
against me. I know l felt he was going
to kill me."
Mchleill. who had emptied his revolv
er at the men while they were still in
the Monte Carlo. also had been
wounded in the hand and iound it im-
possible to reload. He made a move
around the car to grab a shotgun
oft the backseat. A volley from the"Yzr
W 0" NS Spie. temporarily paralyz-
ing him.
'Meanwhi|e. traffic ggintinueg in ,0"down sunny SW. B2nd Avenue. right
through the gunfight. Some people tat
or said they lust thought Miami Vice
was filming a TV scene. Agents would
Point their weapons in the air whenev-
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Two other agents. Richard Manauzzi
and Gilbert Orrantia. were wounded.
The gunmen had gotten into the slain
Grogans FBI car and were desperately
trying to get it started. Agent Edmundo
Mireies. 33. his left arm shattered by B
rifle bullet. managed to fire a shotgun
blast at the felons before tailing to the
ground. In great pain. his arm hanging
uselessly. he crawled to the driver's
side of the car. with his last bit of
strength he rose up and fired six
rounds through the window. killing both
criminals.
The dead gunmen were identified as
Michael Platt. 32. and William R. Matix,
34. neither of whom had a criminal rec-
ord. The FBI began meticulously trac-
ing their lives. and strange facts S0on
emerged. The first wives of both men.
tor instance. had died violently. PIatts
wile. Regina. had been killed in 198-4 by
a shotgun blast that was ruled a sui-
cide. A year earlier Matixs wife. Patri-
cia. and another woman had been
knifed in an unsolved Columbus. Ohio
murder. Matix. suspected in the crime.
had subsequently become a born-
again Christian. lecturing Church
groups about how he had turned to Je-
sus after the devastating loss of his
wile three months alter the birth ot
their daughter. Melissa.
Meanwhile. questions have been
raised about the shoot-out. Should the
agents have tried to stop the car at that
moment? Are FBI weapons adequate
when criminals can command such
repower? The heroism of the agents
overshadowed those questions.
The bottom line is that we didnt
want those men to get on South Dixie
Highway." explained I-lanlon. We
knew it they got on South Dixie they
would have sprayed the town. and
people would have gotten hurt. They
didn't get on South Dixie. so the damn
thing was a success. We're sick about
Ben and -Jerry. But we got our two.
Those men {Platt and Matiir] won't hurt
anybody anymore." If there was any
failure. said Mchleill. the failure mayindicate that our agents were inappr.
priately armed." _
The agents were unanimous in
praise for their slain colleagues. "Ben
Grogan was in a class by himsell." said
Hanlon. He hit it hard everyday."
Once a student for the priesthood.
Grogan was a graduate of Catholic
University in W3ShlnQtOn_ D13, and rpr
a time taught Latin and biology at the
Marist School in Atlanta. In 1970 he
married Sandra. who works in the bu-
reau's Fort Lauderdale office. A small.
muscular man who ran marathons, the
24-year FBI veteran was eligible for re-
tirement three years ago. When given
a desk iob. Grogan. at age 50. wangied
his way back onto the street as head of
Miami's elite SWAT team.
Jerry Dove grew up in Dunbar.
W. Va. where he now lies buried. His
parents divorced when he was a baby.
and he was brought up an only child by
his mother. Bobbie. who taught him a
strong sense of morality. It's just the
way we feel. she says. pride assuag-
lng her grief. We don't see shades of
gray. Things are right or they're
wrong."
His heart set on being an FBI agent
since boyhood. Dove earned a 1981
law degree at West Virginia University
to improve his chances. Accepted by
the bureau in 1962. he worked the W34
Olympics with a SWAT team before he
was assigned to Miami's criminal
squad. If it was his time. this would
have been the way he would have
wanted it." his mother says. Hp was
doing what he believed in. He had very
strong feelings for his countrythat
we shouldn't live with bars on the win-
OOWS. that WE Should not be gtrgid IQ
well-. the streets."
Only two days before his death.
Dove. a bachelor. told his grandmoth-
er. "l've got a condo on the beach. I've
got a sports car. I'm doing the job l
love. I wouldn't trade with Ron Reagan.
I'm the happiest man in the world." He
never spoke ot tear. We always felt
God was watching whatever he did."
Bobbie Dove says.
The mysterious Mali: wanted peo-
ple to believe that he also was God-
fearing. but that is harder to believe.
The summer after his wife and a co-
-ba the weapon -_-the standard FBI ,.i,;iarprkar were knltad to death at an Ohionariii um.-at I i " itlfresearchl riwh the ' "i'%ii?i**"'lliIbbih iInmeana.ionaan.ig s or supp ylng agents w h P a are y
heavier firepower. an FBI spokesman
said. "We cannot use automatic: or =
high-powered weapons because of in-
nocent bystanders. There is nothing to..=i -it sto South Florida. where he;~.;rprorked. Matt: and his baby daughter '
joined his friend Platt's lawn-care busi-
-ness. The two had been buddies since
1 ._ _. »_.'88fvin'g in the rnllitarva decade before.
-ir§*?s~5i: months atter Malia: arrival. Platt
reported to the police that his wife.mother of his three children. had taken
her lite with a shotgun. The death was
ruled a suicide.
The gruesome coincidence of their
wives deaths caught no one'5 atten-
tion. and the two seemingly respect-
able widowers led their apparently
placid. suburban lives undisturbed,
Platt remarried. Matix became a pa-
rishioner at Miami's Riverside Baptist
Church and not long after his arrival
found the woman he would marry-
Christy. "a 29-year-old phone company
employee. whom he met at an inter-
church volleyball game and wooed on
a church canoe trip.
Christy didn't know much about men.
Her social life centered around church
activities--children's choir. Sunday
school and nursery. "He seemed on the
level." she recalls now. "His concern
seemed to be for Melissa and creating a
stabie home and tamily."
Within weeks of their meeting. the
deeply religious Christy was pregnant.
Tormented by guilt. she prayed. "lt
there is some reason tor me to get
pregnant the first time I went to bed.
there must be some reason You want
this child here."
A1Matui's urging. she married him in
May 1985. but within two weeks Mali:
had changed into a monster of foul and
angry moods. Christy assumed that
the problem was money: The lawn
business with Platt had dissolved. Ma-
tix never let on that he had received
about $350,000 in insurance following
his first wife's murder. He kept pressur-
ing Christy to leave. and by the end of
July she moved back in with her par-
ents and filed for divorce. On Dec. 27
she gave birth to their son. Mali; re-
tused even to see the child. turning
Christy and the baby away from
his door this past Easter Sunday.
"You're a bad omen!" he shouted at
her. Eleven days later he was dead.
What was really going on in Matiii's
life was beyond Christy's direst imagin-
ing. Last Oct; 16 two armed robbers
wearing ski masks attacked a Wells
Fargo armored truck parked at a South
-Miami supermarket. They tired a shot-
gun and a semiautomatic weapon. se-
verely wounding a guard. but fled with-
out any money. On Nov. 8 two banks
10. as a Brink: guard was opening the
back of his .tmck.~iwo aki-masked gun- .-
men approached him. Without warning.
one shot him in the back with a shot-
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his groin as he lay on the ground. Fie-
markabiy, the guard lived. {Police esti-
mate that the robberies netted about
8100.000.!
The men lied in a car that they soon
abandoned. getting into a white piCkUp
truck. The FBI has traced the car they
abandoned to a 25-year-old man who
disappeared in October atter telling his
lemily he was going target-shooting in
a rock quarry. A skeleton recently dis-
covered near the quarry is thought to
be his.! The white pickup truck showed
up again. The men who shot Jose Col-
lazo and stole his black Monte Carlo
were driving it.
After the shoot-out, the FBI swooped
down on the Matix house, iess than two
miles from the gunfight, and carried
oft guns and ammunition that Christy
Mati: says she never knew existed. As
she poked up reoeniiy, she pieced a
wooden sign that read, "The Mature"
on top of a carton of stuffed animals. "I
know I'm going to have to tell my son,"
she said. sorry that the boy might not be
able to grow up with his halt sister, Me-
lissa. The shoot-out, Christy says. "ln~
swered a iot of questions tor me."
She's now undergoing counseling. but
she has no tears for her former hus-
band. "i cried tears." she says. tor
the FBI agents and for Bill's larniiy."
Wn'tten by James S. Kunen, reported
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ADMINISTRATIVE INQUIRY
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