Larry Phillips Jr

Larry Eugene Phillips, Jr. and Decebal Stefan Emilian "Emil" Mătăsăreanu, a.k.a. "The High Incident Bandits", were a pair of murderous bank robbers and cop killers famous for perpetrating a deadly shootout with Los Angeles officers after robbing a bank on February 28, 1997. It was the younger of the robbers, Larry Eugene Phillips, 26, whose calculating and ruthless personality dominated the lopsided partnership, luring Romanian-born Emil Matasareanu, 30, into the... A comprehensive look at the 1997 North Hollywood Shootout detailing the lives and crimes of Larry Phillips Jr. and Emil Matasareanu

A comprehensive look at the 1997 North Hollywood Shootout detailing the lives and crimes of Larry Phillips Jr. and Emil Matasareanu On the morning of February 28, 1997, Larry Phillips Jr. and Emil Matasareanu led one of the biggest gun battles in Los Angeles history after robbing a Bank of America, firing more than 2,000 rounds at police before they died. Larry Phillips Jr. and Emil Mătăsăreanu had been planning a robbery of the Bank of America in North Hollywood for months after meeting at a gym. Both men had accumulated a stockpile of body armor, weapons, and ammunition which could sustain them through an hour-long shootout. The two bank robbers, Larry Eugene Phillips Jr., 26, and Emil Matasareanu, 30, were killed. After a bystander reported the robbery to authorities, responding officers were met with a barrage... His partner, Larry Eugene Phillips Jr., shot himself in the head, but it could not be determined whether that bullet killed him or whether another potentially fatal shot fired by police...

Larry Phillips Jr. and Emil Mătăsăreanu had been planning a robbery of the Bank of America in North Hollywood for months after meeting at a gym. Both men had accumulated a stockpile of body armor, weapons, and ammunition which could sustain them through an hour-long shootout. The two bank robbers, Larry Eugene Phillips Jr., 26, and Emil Matasareanu, 30, were killed. After a bystander reported the robbery to authorities, responding officers were met with a barrage... His partner, Larry Eugene Phillips Jr., shot himself in the head, but it could not be determined whether that bullet killed him or whether another potentially fatal shot fired by police... In that case, Matasareanu and Larry Eugene Phillips Jr. served less than four months in jail after striking a plea bargain that cut a conspiracy and weapons case to a handful of misdemeanors. The...