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The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre shocked the world on February 14, 1929, when Chicago’s North Side erupted in gang violence. Seven men associated with the Irish gangster George “Bugs The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, the intended album title for rapper 50 Cent's second studio album. It was later retitled The Massacre, due to date pushbacks. The album was released on March 3, 2005. [18] Grand Theft Auto Online featured an update titled the Valentine's Day Massacre Special. The update released on February 14, 2014. [19] The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. Feb. 14th, 1929. Seven men machine-gunned to death in Chicago. Al Capone was suspected, but as The Mob Museum will show you, nothing was what it seemed. St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, mass murder of a group of unarmed bootlegging gang members in Chicago on February 14, 1929. The bloody incident dramatized the intense rivalry for control of the illegal liquor traffic during the Prohibition era in the United States. On February 14, 1929, seven members of Chicago's North Side Gang were killed in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre — and the prime suspect was Al Capone. FPG/Getty Images One of the grisliest photos of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, which shows five of the victims of George “Bugs” Moran’s North Side Gang that were murdered in the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Evidence. On the chilly winter morning of February 14, 1929, four men entered SMC Cartage Company garage in Chicago. Seven members of Bugs Moran’s gang were lined up against the wall and shot. The men opened fire with two Thompson submachine guns and a shotgun. All seven were shot dead. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. Feb. 14th, 1929. Seven men machine-gunned to death in Chicago. Al Capone was suspected, but as The Mob Museum will show you, nothing was what it seemed. The Leadup to the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre: Al Capone and George “Bugs” Moran Rivalry was part and parcel of bootlegging life in 1920s Chicago. It wasn’t strange for arguments and feuds to be settled with gun battles or covert assassinations, but what occurred on Valentine’s Day 1929 was unlike anything that had been seen before. The raid's cold-blooded efficiency left the public in shock, and the St. Valentine's Day Massacre came to symbolize gang violence. It confirmed popular images associating Chicago with mobsters, crime, and spectacular carnage. The site of the warehouse, razed in 1967, continues to draw tourists from around the world. Christopher P. Thale The case went quiet for many months until the Michigan police arrested Fred “Killer” Burke, another suspect of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. In his apartment they found a trunk containing a bullet-proof vest, almost $320,000 in bonds recently stolen from a Wisconsin bank, two machine guns and further ammunitions. Jack McGurn, an Al Capone associate who once was a prime suspect in the Massacre, was shot to death in a bowling alley in Chicago. The assassination occurred on February 15, 1936 – seven years and one day after the Massacre. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre marked a turning point in public opinion regarding organized crime. While the violence between criminal factions had been an ongoing concern, the audacity of the massacre, carried out in broad daylight, horrified the public and galvanized law enforcement efforts to combat the rampant criminal activity. When the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre occurred on February 14, 1929, Burke was among the prime suspects. He went into hiding in rural Michigan. On December 14, 1929 — 10 months after the Massacre — he was involved in a car accident in St. Joseph, Michigan, where he was known as “Frederick Dane.” St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House, produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF; WWE as of 2002); a pay-per-view (PPV) professional wrestling event. It took place on February 14, 1999, at the Memphis Pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, the intended album title for rapper 50 Cent's second The day after the massacre, a coroner's jury watched police reenact the killings at the scene of the crime. For more photos, see the gallery ». At around 10:30 in the morning on February 14th, a St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House, produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF; WWE as of 2002); a pay-per-view (PPV) professional wrestling event. It took place on February 14, 1999, at the Memphis Pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee. The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, the intended album title for rapper 50 Cent's second Though Capone was the prime suspect, to this day no one has taken credit for the St. Valentine's Day MassacreFPG/Getty Images Five of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre victims. On Feb. 14, 1929, Frank Gusenberg was After the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre on February, 14, 1929, one of the nation’s foremost forensic scientists, Dr. Calvin Goddard, was hired to examine the ballistic evidence. Goddard compared the bullets collected from the crime scene with test bullets fired by a range of firearms. Generations of Americans assume that Al Capone was responsible for the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, the execution-style slaying of seven associates of rival mobster George "Bugs" Moran in a According to Helmer, “The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre killers came from the battlegrounds of St. Louis when that city’s gangs fell apart, and at least four were hired by Capone as a special-assignment crew because they were unknown to both the Chicago police and Bugs Moran.” He made this conclusion after an unexpected discovery.
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