George “Machine Gun” Kelly. The Fbi

He probably never uttered those now famous words,“Don’t Shoot G-Men, Don’t Shoot.”

But George “Machine Gun” Kelly—really, George Kelly Barnes—earned a notorious place in FBI history after kidnapping a wealthy oil magnate in 1933 and being associated with that phrase.

Following the abduction, the Bureau coordinated a multi-state investigation, drawing investigative information from its own field offices as well as from other police sources, as it identified and tracked down the gangster, his wife, and their criminal colleagues across the country.