Tucson Captures Dillinger’s Entire Gang | Tucson News

Tucson News Today | 2 Min Now | The Daily News Now! · Aug 17, 2026 · 1m

In 1934, Tucson cops pulled off the impossible: they captured John Dillinger and his entire “Terror Gang” without firing a single shot—something even the FBI couldn’t do. It all started when a hotel fire forced gang members to flee, and two firefighters later recognized them from a magazine. Traveling salesmen also spotted one of them bragging in a bar. The chase was on: one member was nabbed trying to buy a police radio, another at a rental house where his girlfriend accidentally jammed an officer’s finger in a door. A third was caught driving with the gang’s luggage, panicked, and tried to…