The North Hollywood shootout Use_firearm was a confrontation Hostile_encounter between two heavily armed and armored bank robbers , Larry Phillips Jr. and Emil Matasareanu , and members of the Los Angeles Police Department ( LAPD ) in the North Hollywood district of Los Angeles , California , on February 28 , 1997 .

At 9:17 am , Phillips and Matasareanu entered Arriving and robbed Robbery the North Hollywood Bank of America branch .

The robbers attempted to flee Escaping the scene , Phillips on foot and Matasareanu in their getaway vehicle , while continuing to exchange Exchange fire with the officers .

The shootout continued onto a residential street adjacent to the bank until Phillips , mortally wounded Bodily_harm , succumbed Death to a self-inflicted gunshot wound Bodily_harm ; Matasareanu was incapacitated Destroying by officers three blocks away and subsequently bled to death Death before the arrival Arriving of paramedics more than an hour later .

Phillips and Matasareanu are believed to have robbed Robbery at least two other banks using Using similar methods by taking Conquering control Control of the entire bank and firing Use_firearm illegally modified Change automatic weapons chambered for intermediate cartridges for control Control and entry past 'bullet-proof ' security doors , and were suspects in two armored car robberies .

Phillips and Matasareanu carried Carry_goods illegally modified Change fully automatic Norinco Type 56 S-1s ( an AK-47 variant ) , a Bushmaster XM15 Dissipator with high-capacity drum magazine , and a Heckler & Koch HK-91 rifle , as well as a Beretta 92FS pistol .