Fred ‘Ma’ Barker die in shootout with federal agents 80 years ago this hour (Jan 16 1935)


Video: '"Ma" Barker Gang Hideout' (Jan. 16, 1935, at 1:49)

(Wednesday, January 16, 1935, around 11:00 a.m. EST) — Fugitive gangster Fred Barker and his mother, Kate “Ma” Barker, were killed in an intense, hours-long shootout with the FBI today at Lake Weir, Florida.