Saint Valentine's Day Massacre

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The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre was a notorious 1929 gangland killing in Chicago in which seven members of Bugs Moran's North Side Gang were murdered, widely believed to have been orchestrated by Al Capone, symbolizing the violent criminal underworld of the Prohibition era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gangland killing
historical event
massacre
alsoKnownAs Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
surface form: St. Valentine's Day Massacre
countryDuringEvent United States of America
date 1929-02-14
disguiseOfAssailants police uniforms
era Prohibition era in the United States
surface form: Prohibition era
federalResponse increased federal attention to organized crime
hasCulturalDepiction books on organized crime in Chicago
films about Al Capone
impactOnAlCapone heightened public notoriety
increased law enforcement pressure
intendedTarget Bugs Moran
lawEnforcementResponse Chicago Police Department investigation
legalOutcome no one was ever convicted for the murders
location City of Chicago
surface form: Chicago

Illinois
United States of America
surface form: United States
mediaCoverage extensive national press coverage
method shooting
motive control of bootlegging operations
gang rivalry
notableVictim Adam Heyer
Albert Kachellek
Peter Gusenberg
surface form: Frank Gusenberg

James Clark
John May
Peter Gusenberg
Reinhardt Schwimmer
numberOfGunmen at least 4
numberOfVictimsKilled 7
partOf history of Chicago
history of organized crime in the United States
perpetratorAllegedOrganizer Al Capone
perpetratorOrganizationAlleged Chicago Outfit
resultedInDeathOf members of North Side Gang
survivors one dog
symbolizes gang warfare in Chicago
violent criminal underworld of Prohibition era
targetedGang North Side Gang
tookPlaceAt S-M-C Cartage Company garage
tookPlaceInNeighborhood Lincoln Park
victimGroup North Side Gang
victimLeader Bugs Moran
weaponsUsed Thompson submachine gun
revolver
shotgun
year 1929

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Prohibition era in the United States associatedEvent Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
Chicago Outfit notableEventInvolvement Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
this entity surface form: Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre
Bugs Moran (as rival) survivedEvent Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
subject surface form: Bugs Moran
this entity surface form: Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre alsoKnownAs Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
this entity surface form: St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Alex Rocco notableWork Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
this entity surface form: The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
North Side Gang notableEventInvolving Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
this entity surface form: St. Valentine's Day Massacre
North Side Gang victimOf Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
this entity surface form: St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Bugs Moran notableEvent Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
this entity surface form: St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
George Clarence Moran notableEvent Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
this entity surface form: Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre
Jan Merlin notableWork Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
this entity surface form: The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre