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LAPD officers are prepared to fire at the intersection of Vanowen Street and Gentry Avenue in North Hollywood during a standoff with bank robbers who were holding several people hostage. (1997)

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( Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times )

LAPD officers are prepared to fire at the intersection of Vanowen Street and Gentry Avenue in North Hollywood during a standoff with bank robbers who were holding several people hostage. (1997)

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