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Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Champion Barrow were American criminals who traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression, robbing banks and stores, and killing several people, including police officers. Their exploits captured the attention of the American public during the “Public Enemy Era,” between 1931 and 1934. Though known for their dozen-or-so bank robberies, the duo preferred to rob small stores or rural gas stations. The gang is believed to have killed at least nine police officers and several civilians. The couple were eventually killed in May 1934 during an ambush by law officers near Gibsland, Bienville Parish, Louisiana.