This is an image taken from video supplied by the television program “Unsolved Mysteries”. It shows a well armed, unidentified bank robbery suspect during a hold-up in May, 1996, in the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles. The images were released by the FBI to “Unsolved Mysteries.” There are many similarities between the bank robberies in 1996 in the Valley area and the botched robbery and shootout in North Hollywood on Feb. 28, 1997. (AP Photo/Unsolved Mysteries)
An unidentified masked armed gunman is seen in a parking lot across the street from the Bank of America in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles Friday, Feb. 28, 1997. The gunman was shot dead by Los Angeles Police Department officers. Wearing commando garb, several heavily armed, masked robbers bungled a bank heist, then fired hundreds of shots in a gun battle getaway try that left two dead, at least 11 hurt and a broad trail of damage. (AP Photo/Mike Meadows)
Los Angeles police officers take cover behind police cars, two with windows shattered from gunfire, outside a Bank of America branch in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles Friday, Feb. 28, 1997. Two robbers were killed and several people injured in the shootout during the bungled robbery. (AP Photo/Mike Meadows)
Unidentified Los Angeles police officers move in at the Bank of America in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles Friday, Feb. 28, 1997. Wearing commando garb, several heavily armed, masked robbers bungled a bank heist, then fired hundreds of shots in a gun battle getaway try that left two dead, at least 11 hurt and a broad trail of damage. (AP Photo/Mike Meadows)