Francis Crowley a 19 year old criminal was engaged in a two-hour long shootout with the NYC Police which was witnessed by 15,000 bystanders in 1931.
Francis "Two Gun" Crowley (October 31, 1912 – January 21, 1932) was an American murderer. His crime spree lasted nearly three months, ending in a two-hour shootout with the New York City Police Department on May 7, 1931, that was witnessed by 15,000 bystanders and received national attention. He became the archetype of the Irish gangster, although he was not Irish. In 1932 he was executed in New York's electric chair.[1]
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