
FBI Miami Shootout: A gun battle in broad daylight in Dade County
Deadly gun battle between FBI agents and criminals
🗓️ April 11, 1986
On April 11, 1986, a shootout occurred between field agents for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and two armed men in what is now Pinecrest, Miami-Dade County, Florida. The two men, former U.S. Army servicemen Michael Lee Platt and William Russell Matix, were suspected of committing a series of robberies and violent crimes, including a murder, in and around the Miami metropolitan area.




