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It's early evening on April 13, 1933, in a garage apartment in Joplin, Missouri.

22-year-old Bonnie Parker lays on a mattress on the floor, listening to music and waiting for her boyfriend to get back. Clyde Barrow in his outfit,

which will come to be known as the Barrow gang, spend their days traveling around, robbing,

looting, and sometimes killing. But lately, Bonnie and Clyde have been holed up in this rented

apartment with several other gang members. Tonight, Bonnie is bored because Clyde is outrunning

errands with one of his cohorts.

So Bonnie decides to pass the time with one of her favorite activities, writing poetry.

As she scribbles away, Bonnie's eyes light up when she hears a car pull into the driveway.

Clyde is back, so she heads for the door, anxious for her lover to walk in the room.

But instead, she hears a shout coming from the streets, and then the crack of gunshots.

Inside, other gang members take cover.

Bonnie leaps to her feet and sprints to the window.

She sees Clyde and another member of the gang, making a beeline for the garage, as police cars swoop in and block the driveway.

Bonnie grabs a machine gun propped up against the wall, throws open the window. She leans out

and takes aim. A squeeze of the trigger sends a torrent of lead into the street. Bonnie

grabs a spare magazine to reload. She looks out into the driveway, sees Clyde dragging a dead cop across the pavement.

Bonnie knows there are still officers outside and likely reinforcements on the way. So she

slams the fresh magazine into place and empties the gun again. Then she drops the weapon,

runs for the door. Outside, she jumps straight into the passenger seat of awaiting Ford V8 sedan.

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