St Valentines Day Massacre
St Valentine's Day Massacre (February 14, 1929) Gangland killings in Chicago, Illinois. The perpetrators, disguised as policemen, were gunmen of Al Capone and the seven victims were members of a rival gang in the profitable bootlegging business during the Prohibition era.
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