The Shootist: The FBI's Search for America's Most Wanted Bank Robber | The FBI Files | Real Crime
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- The FBI matches wits with a cunning bank robber, a lone gunman responsible for the longest string of unsolved bank robberies in FBI history.
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probably spent more money investigating him than he stole 🤣
More than likely. Your taxes at work😂
Worth it.
So what you're saying is they shouldn't pursue him for these crimes ?? If cost came into pursuing criminals where would our society be ??????
@@caseybailey2521 🤣Well….!
@Daniel Wall, so how exactly do you value human life then?
The phrase 'quit while you're ahead' could have been written for this guy.
he was addicted
Imagine you're just chilling outside and some guy with bizarre facial features runs up to a car and leaps into the trunk followed by the driver speeding off.
I'd have the same facial expression you do lol
Not the strangest thing tbh 😂 but yea still I’d be like tf....
The driver didn’t speed off. She was very disciplined.
@@piguy3280 duh
@@piguy3280 who Jeremy Dewitte lol
If only I was born in the 1960s-1980s....
Good video and good police, fbi work...very interesting video
Johnny Williams was released in 2021. Carolyn Williams was released in 2011.
48/56 Robberies were identified, not bad. 🤔
Banks and insurance companies are fair game in my book
But who was the anonymous caller?
From banks or from trading centers
If this guy would have used at least 1 drop car and a fake plate on their real car, this could of gone way different. And not talk about it to anyone.
Narrator :- the shootist acts like a professional...
The fbi :- he is a professional..
The best ever! Man...ah..
They must Release you! 90 yrs prison? How cool.
I wonder where the money went but I am only a third of the way in.
He needed a 38 in-between his eyes and his wife to no trial
“He leaves no evidence at the scene” a part from the bullet he leaves in every ceiling
So basically if that one guy never snitched they probably would have never known who it was
@Eli Benda ha. The definition is to “inform on someone.” A snitch called in and snitched on the couple.
A snitch is a person involved in illegal activities and gives a statement, that nigga was just a civilian
naw naw yall got it all wrong the tattletale was a former jealous lover that was kicked off the team and they didn’t want to upset the lgbtq lettering community lol
Many such cases.
That’s usually how it goes
Johnny Madison Williams Jr was released in January 2021 do to the Covid-19 pandemic at the age of 69 after serving 27 years.
His wife Carolyn Marie Williams, was released in 2011 after serving 17 years at the age of 51.
Damn really
92 years means 27yrs. 25 to life means 15yrs. 😆 America is funny.
@@dannyn.3539 not typically. America has no problem keeping inmates forever lol
Well, he never killed anyone.. yes, one person was shot but survived. He's learned his lesson.
@@dannyn.3539 The feds don't have parole anymore eliminated it in 94 you serve 85% . Although a lot were able to get released through the COVID 19 bill and right now they are attempting to bring some back into custody because it was only supposed to be a temporary release which obviously doesn't make any sense
i love there re enactments, thats why i love UNSOLVED MYSTERIES with robert stack so much too, they just remind me of my aweful childhood but in a good way because watching these shows 30yrs ago as a kid was what gave me something to live for, i wanted to either be a detective or a criminal mastermind, now im a cab driver, lol
Well I turned out to be a criminal mastermind, but I always wanted to be a cab driver so there's that
@@ruinerfixxxer id swap places with you in a second, driving a cab is a living hell, im thinking of writing a book about it, and it would put a smile on a terminal cancer patient reading about my life
@@petejames1326 you've got control of your life. Pick up a trade. I lost everything at one point, started working construction, went back to school at 40 and got a degree in construction management and became a project manager. Now I own a business. You can do whatever you want to. Make moves
Cab drivers are always on the streets witnessing a lot of crimes. You can still help reporting. Get a walkie talkie
@@kamtarbol A walk-in talkie Where hav you been for the last 20 Years. 😂🏴👌👌
Documentary error. Hotel clerk called him Williams when she showed him to the typewriter but he checked in under his alias Robert Hall.
Too bad they don't put all of this effort in to putting away dirty cops and agents 🤣🤣🤣
And Paediphiles child sex trafficking. Probably because the governments are involved. That’s why it goes on they are protected from the highest level.
K y s
@@beeftestosterone4355 ????
They’re too busy solving the murders of 4-13 year olds on the streets…
"Many times it's the assistance of the public". If somebody didn't call and give the exact names, they might still be looking for this guy!
He got away because of how stupid and silly that name is “the shootist”
🤦 “the shoot first robber”
I thought it was funny...
@20:15-20.. "..he indexes his finger above the trigger, just as police officers are trained..." DUH... ALL firearm safety courses train every student to handle firearms this way. IT IS NOT law enforcement specific. IT IS ONE of the 4 basic firearm safety rules... "NEVER place your finger on the trigger until you are ready to fire."
I also thought so
I second John’s post.
Like he wrote, it’s one of the first things that you are taught.
My uncle was a good man deep down, kids private school and the many charities he was committed to helping caused him to do a couple irrational things. Don't paint him as a monster
Moral of the story is don't use credit cards
It is "criminals will be eventually caught."
It's interesting that the documentary never mentions that they were heroin addicts and used bank robbing to feed their habit. Which explains why they never left their room and how they went through so much money so fast.
That makes a lot of sense now
Well fml
I definitely had my suspicions after they said they were burning through that $$.. I thought it had to be about drugs. There is literally no other reason they could blow through all that so quick without making big stupid purchases. I mean, I suppose they were still stupid purchases, but it wasn't like they were buying a litter of tiger cubs.
They just robbed a bank why would they leave the room. The man took up bowling and even hired a professional bowling coach and he won a couple amateur bowling tornaments they also bought a 350 thousand dollar house and he also spent alot of time in Vegas living it up and laundering his robber money. I don't think two people on herion would be as professional and sophisticated as he was. I think you should change your name to misinformed citizen.
@@zachariahjohnson8652 I mean this isn't even a disputed thing. There are more modern documentaries where they interview the man and he talks at length about how his heroin addiction.
"Drawing features that are obscured requires a thorough knowledge of human physiology and a remarkable artistic eye "
/Shows woman sketching at a My Little Pony level
FBI is 🚽 now. Enemy of the working class.
39:07 LOL they're undercover but everybody's wearing polo shirts, including the guy in the unmarked car across the street.
I know it's late but, most criminals are dumb and don't think they can ever get caught. That's why they think they are invincible and don't bother paying attention...
He should of known something was up when the hotel manager said Mr Williams. He checked in under Mr Hall 🤣🤣🤣
Are you a FBI agent? Great observation.
I caught that too and I was like wtf...
Let’s be honest. The FBI would have never caught this guy had it not been for that anonymous tip.
That and if JMW had a little more awareness of the CCTV in that bank, and if he had varied his disguise . Overall , for drug addicts they were pretty smart.
@@jimbanda booze hounds
Exactly but he wont have called if the shootist didnt look dead in the camera though!
He was already making small mistakes as time went on he'd have maybe lasted another 2 years until he slipped up.
The tip was generated by the sketch and publicity. So let's be honest: while I'm not a fan of the FBI they did a good job catching these two.
In America you get more jail time for stealing money then killing…🤨
Fun fact he is actually free
A theif is a murderer.
And a 18 year old can legally kill people when in the military or police .. but have to wait till 21 to have a smoke or a drink when they’re feeling stressed or guilty about it-
Strange but it's true facts tho what a shame people value money over human life sad
You have just defined American values.
You got to laugh. They spent ten times the amount of money he stole on trying to catch him.
lol
But at least they were able to stop him from potential murder
That's not the point, it's a protection of assets plan. If they didn't spend whatever it took to catch that bank robber (even if he only stole 20$) then that would jeopardize the entire banking system and embolden the ones that perpetrate them
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Thanks bud you too
Those F.B.I. didn't do jack. But, are trying to pretend they solved it on their own.
31:02 "An exact match"....ya if you're blind, hardly a resemblance just another lie by the pigs 🐖 🙄
Great, thanks and Merry Christmas to everyone from Napier, New Zealand
Queenstown! Merry xmas
It's solved so not unsolved now is it .
there was a teller at the bank I used to go to,she told me one day she worked at another bank and it got robbed,she said they never caught the robbers,she said they got about 200,000 dollars out of the bank...wow.
Must've been an easy 200,000
Whats the case??
Cool...
Sweeet
Average tellers have 2g X 5-8 tellers max , time safes restrict access to that amount of cash. Wait time approx 35-45 mins
Geeze, the dude should've stopped when he passed 20 hits. Greed and stupidity is the criminal's worst enemy....#SMH
He couldn't stop because he depended on committing robberies at regular intervals for his income.
He was a heroin addict though
Dope and strippers make you do dumb shit. And they're expensive.
@@JadyGrudd and amazing
@@AUSTIN-ss2zd no he wasn’t look him up his motive was gambling addiction he never touched drugs or anything like that
So it took 56 robberies to get a million dollars. Damn, bank robbing sucks.
Intelligence... Integrity... Determination ! 😆 Jk he probably used those words on his bank application for words to describe yourself
That's because they only went to the cashiers wich have nothing.
The vault and deposit boxes is where the paper at.
What an interesting and intriguing story! It never ceases to amaze me why criminals that are otherwise so smart, don't take advantage of their right to seek legal counsel before they talk to law enforcement.
In this case legal advice wouldn't help . He shot a person that alone is like a life sentence so doesn't matter if he got a lawyer before he spoke or not
you'd also think they'd live a more austere life to not draw attention. all luck and training, no brains apparently.
Well in his case it wouldn't make an ounce of difference, He had detailed notes of the crimes and the amount stolen, the gun linked by ballistics to the crimes with matching ammunition to what he shot at every scene, matching disguises, matching vehicle in his wife name, etc. It's like when you played hide an seek as a kid and got away with a spot for so long that the seeker gave up, if that ever happened to you the likelihood of you explaining your spot and all the close encounters is likely because you know that it doesn't much matter anymore but it is funny to describe and take pride in your spot.
@@wahidjavid51 Dude... If you shoot someone that's all the more reason to get a lawyer lmao. Like wtf are you talking about? Doesn't matter what the crime is, getting a lawyer and having legal counsel ALWAYS helps. Sometimes they can find loopholes or things that can greatly help your case. It's all words, specifics, and tricks of the trade.
@@tritesy i know that bro and understand that . But some cases are just open and close you kill or shoot somneone theres no way out thats what i was saying
New yawkkkkkkkk offfice
Boston accent? Lol
The title is wrong. This case was solved.
The shootist doesn't even make sense...
How do you rob almost 20 banks and not get millions
He was only going for the drawers, not the vaults. Vaults are time consuming and increase chance of getting caught exponentially.
Go to your own bank and try to withdrawal even 6-7k they won’t have it and you’ll have to “schedule” a day to get it
He said he robbed 56 in total. The FBI only had 48 on him. Still a lot tho
How tf is this gonna be under greatest UNSOLVED and end with an arrest..
Most people don't realize how easy it is to rob a bank, if you're believable enough to the tellers, you're guaranteed to walk (or run) out of there with money ..... BUT, what most people who actually go through with robbing a bank don't realize is that the capture rate of bank robbers is like 98% .... so unless you're a criminal mastermind, don't do it
Also, this guy literally hit every enhancement possible in the commission of a bank robbery .... threat of bodily harm or death (check) dangerous weapon (check) brandishing (check) discharging (check) monetary enhancements i.e. $20,000 = more time / $100,000 = more time, and so on and so on (check) actually SHOOTING someone! (check)
.....this guy just said fcck it, big time....
@@PattyBandAidz factsssssss
Not easy at all in not so many words
The only reason they get caught is because their ego encourages them to do it again.
@@showbread9366 What I mean is that it's easy to commit the act itself, it's not easy to get away with ... in my own personal experience (which landed me 36 months in the BOP - otherwise known as "The feds") all I did was go in with a note, made them belive i had a weapon, and I was in and out in less than 3 minutes....did this 5 times before I was finally caught by the FBI ... my point is, anyone who is in bad enough shape to think about doing this, just DONT .. I promise you they will catch you
I’m very confused they said that he was using his alias Robert Hall to get into the hotel but at 43:49 the hotel lady calls him by his real name. She says Mr Williams the office is ready for you. And he didn’t even react why would he not even say anything when the hotel lady is calling him by his real name when he was using his alias
@Ben Jones or these actors are just ass 🤣
Makes you wonder how many he would have gotten away with if it weren’t for the phone call giving his name, age and alias.
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Oh, I definitely thought you were going the "if it weren't for that meddling dog!" Route.
(Scooby-Doo Reference just incase someone doesn't know.)
@@DeMarrJames "if it weren't for you meddling kids" **
He got greedy...
18:10 Past perfect tense of "strike" is "stricken", not "struck". Disregard unauthoritative infiltrators into the dictionary business. Minus 1 point. Few seconds later: "move" is a verb, "movement" is a noun. Minus 1 point.
A cop told me a long time ago if criminals weren’t dumber than cops they would never solve any crime. This proves it.
😂😂
The FBI put the hotel employee at risk by having him go to the room of an armed bank robber
We know they are such COWARDS
Agreed! That was a really stupid move, fuelled by impatience.
1. What motel in their right mind would have a maintenance guy knock on the door, for routine maintenance, of an occupied room? If you disturbed me for THAT, I'd be pissed! He should have been suspicious, and he blew it off anyway!
At the very least, they should have faked an emergency, like a gas or water leak, and used an FBI agent. Or, cut the power and have HIM complain.
If he took that hotel employee hostage, they would have looked really silly!
2. If they were that afraid of him, they knew somebody was in there. They should have just waited.
That’s crazy he almost got away if it wasn’t for the call that they got saying they knew who the robber was and all the info he gave,
Cases like these are 9/10 solved by someone from the public otherwise the laws would never who it is nonetheless this dude was a robbery addict so getting busted was inevitable
Good documentary besides the very misleading title of which this doesn't seam to b unsolved folks
His wife was released from prison in 2011. And he was ordered released from prison by a judge in 2022 so he could social distance and avoid COVID. I can find no update or parole information on neither of them.
"At the time, DNA analysis is expensive and time consuming." Hmmm, worth about 5+ years of multi department investigations and well over half a million dollars? 😂 (i know codis didn't exist yet)
Surely it would pay the banks to invest in higher quality surveillance cameras.
the F.B.I. agent wasn't so smart. He complained that he took so many notes in the interview that his hand got cramps. Hell there was a perfectly good I.B.M. Selectric Typewriter in that office where they busted him. Go figure.
Would have taken longer to type i guess 😊
The cops were forced into catching him.
He had interrupted that many tea breaks they had no choice.
Johnny was released in 2021. Wife in 2011
can i write to him in admiration of his great skill? will he write a book about his career as the greatest bank robber in US history? where is he living now? did they give him a new identity?
@@petejames1326 greatest bank robber? think not
this one is a frontrunner though he had a team to support him and not solo or a duo
ruclips.net/video/DNsnFqmA1VM/видео.html
Sketchy camera quality, no advantage of internet for law enforcement, cases rely heavily on eye witnesses (notoriously unreliable). Gotta say that sounds like the golden age for bank robbers.
It was the golden age for dirty cops
But definitely golden age for crime
That’s why he did two in one day when he hit the bank that slipped a dye can in the money bag. He thought to himself “who’s really gonna stop me if I go right across town and do the same thing”
Wild times for sure
@@blackadam6445 yea just a fake mustache and you're good to go
@@wesjames6060 I would have 100% been doing this shit if I was born 100 years ago.
Too easy to get away.
He was released from Prison in January this year and his wife came out in 2011
wow ok #Cheers !
Out of the closet?
@@williamdougie6213 yeah and she left u inside
Wife is a lesbian?
@@masonldn8647 word it properly
43:53 mistake they said he checked in under his alias Hall but she called him Mr Williams he should of said how do you know my name
It’s the only time I’m rooting for the bad guy. I don’t know why😂
Interesting side note Johnny Williams Madison Jr was released from federal prison in Jan 2021.. He is a 70 years old man now and I doubt he will return to such adventures..
What doesn't make sense is why did he pay for the Motel using his credit card given the fact that he had so much cash? Seems a stupid move for someone who was so precise in everything he did.
He got cocky and started getting sloppy
A lot of hotels require a credit card
@@biggdoggmeech6469 not in the early 90's
Bank notes have a numerical code. Anytime it is circulated through a bank or Treasury dept it is logged. Hence the phrase money trail. That's why people try to launder their stolen money and why it takes time to launder it fully.
@@ezenoser7477 they laundered it at casinos.
Why are so many vids in your playlists not allowed if you're in the UK?
You definitely couldn't do that now. The technology the police have now is on another level lol
Even the bank securities are so damn high now. U can't just go with a revolver in there and make ppl terrified of u alone xD. The robber would be a fool to do that now xD.
@@lazywizard5353 Nowadays there's no need to leave your house to rob a bank. Hackers have stole billions sitting at home.
@@mikyhtx Yep, in late December last year someone stole over $600 million in crypto in one go using a simple exploit of code that was already in place within the system. Robbing a bank in person is spare change these days, not to mention much harder and more risky. That guy's thousands of crypto wallets and transactions he's using to launder the money are all publicly traceable, as all crypto wallets and transactions are, and yet it's still almost guaranteed that he'll get away with all of it.
@@mikyhtx Banks also don't have that much cash anymore.
Too much risk for a small amount of cash.
Robbers are always snarter than the police
The Shootiest Shootist to ever Shoot a Shot
Its easier making money than saving or investing it. All thieves/robbers are arrested because of poor skills of saving & investing. Once you not good at investing, greed will hit you up & your luck will run out. 27 successful bank robberies i guess that is enough with no trace left behind i guess that’s super enough to make you start a new legal life but Greedddddd is always our trap
Most criminals don't know how to launder though. He was gambling it away to launder it LMFAO
His name was The Shooter, not The Fake Faced Thief
Shootist*
You see, when you start getting free money or stolen money yu definately move into a high expensive lifestyle which requires more & more money so robberies on your side will never end till the cops arrest you. That’s why depending on an illegal activity is tricky.
You’re just so smart
@@codymc9085 i appreciate bro🙏🏾!
Yeah.... I think drugs played a HUGE role.. They were caught in a dingy motel room. They were not splurging on luxury... They were getting higher than a MFer.
It’s another form of drugs/addiction they start to think they’re invincible like a cigarette smoker racing with cancer
Then why politicians don't stop being politicians?😀
People get less time for murder
And certain crimes against children. The system has their priorities 🙄
If only the fbi and law enforcement put this kind of effort into more horrific crimes that happen every day instead of just doing it with financial crimes of the state.
They do.
@@kimchi2780 no joseph is right all 19000 employees of the FBI only investigate 1 crime at a time
@Blue Bee That's all insured. And banks literally produce money out of thin air, money that never even existed until a bank actually lent it to someone, also known as the fiat system. Banks are just as criminal if not more so then these guys who stole a bit of it.
It’s all about money and nothing else.. that’s the world we live in
Exactly. It's always petty crimes. Never are white collar crimes which affect Millions of people prosecuted (or people like Fauci arrested, or Biden).
The fbi didn’t do anything lol they said sometimes the assist of the public helps. The phone call solved everything
Interesting how you never hear the idea of this robber having an employee inside of the bank as his inside man ( or woman )
"On Monday, January 10, 2021, Senior U.S. District Judge Thomas Zilly ordered Johnny Williams released after roughly 26 years imprisonment rather than risk his compromised health from exposure to COVID inside federal prisons, including Federal Detention Center-Lompoc (Calif.), to which Williams had been recently transferred."
I visited the FBI building in Washington in 1973 as part of a Boy Scout Troup. I remember them then extolling how great their prosecution rate was. Little did I know then how little they cared about justice.
yeah.. the real criminals aren't really seeing any jail time and i wonder how many crimes go unsolved every year. plus they spent 8 years catching this guy. they probably spent more on salaries than this guy would have robbed in 10 lifetimes.
You got it. They are happy to cover for the people selling out our country. Patriots they're not!
Well if you ask career criminals they will tell you they only worry about the feds. Trump is just finding that out lmao.
@@joox7364 he claims he stole about $879,357 by the time he was arrested in 1994. That's more than ten years FBI salary today for a single agent but it's unlikely that they assigned anyone to work exclusively on that case for more than a short time.
@@chuckdavinci9044 plus the banks could be jumping the number for insurance purposes
January 10, 2021, r U.S. District Judge Thomas Zilly ordered the Shootist, John Williams released after roughly 26 years imprisonment rather than risk his health from exposure to COVID inside federal prisons,. He still has to pay back the 800k. He is on propbation. Talk about lucky
Lol I call bullshit on the Miranda letter.
A guy that dangerous, you don't poke sticks at him during the sting like that 🤣🤦♂️🙄 WTF
I bet it never happened but makes for good story.
Yeah they add fake shit in there not telling what’s true or not like the “Seattle hunch” Foh they had a lead already they knew more and just followed him.
The lousy fbi just made it up
About the same time period, a Hungarian bank robber - called "the Whiskey Robber" - did the same type of bank heists series, the same way, about the same times (27). Interesting.
So how is this an 'Unsolved Bank Robbery'?
Probably 1 or 2 wasn't him lol smfh
Every case is unsolved, until it's solved
@@clownworld5474 🤯
Solved not by fbi, that is why.
So if it's a HIM why do you have the cute woman's face on your thumbnail? Oh wait, I clicked on the video. She's clickbait.
I thought the most wanted bank robber was a woman. Like a lot of people who clicked on this video did.
Really enjoyed this! I know he’s a violent criminal but why did he not quit while he was ahead! Addicted I guess?
That's what I was thinking. After $300,000 just stop.
@@brandonduet7771 300k isnt nearly enough to retire off of. He should have just been a jewel thief. He could have been a multi millionaire in far less than 56 robberies.
28:54 Wow good job San Jose forensic artist
why is this titled “unsolved” robbery?? CLICK BAIT
they unsolved it after solving it
This is crazy, they didnt get that phone call or any other lead until like his 40th robbery. If he were to stop after like 2 like most people he would have never been caught, to this day. But he had to keep going
How do YOU know that "most" quit after two?
lMarines are not very gifted with bright lightd
They were greedy, how could someone steals 40 banks without being noticed .i love those who steal banks since it is government.
All because someone snitched
This guy had balls and some smarts I guess, but damn he was putting it all on the line over and over for chump change. He pulled in about $880,000 in 56 robberies over 8 years. That's $110,000/year, which, tax free in the 80s and 90s was pretty good i guess. But it's only $15,000 per robbery, each time exposing himself and his wife to getting caught or even shot or killed. Nowhere near worth it. Too much risk for the reward.
All he had to have done was do the crime, but hold a police radio on him too to listen for any dispatch. Then he has all the time in the world, could've hit the vault each time too, walked out with probably around $60,000 each robbery.
@32:49 they used a broke tree branch to make it look like a really hidden stakeout spot.
😆 that gave me a good chuckle
it bothers me how lazy they are with the scenery in these “older shots”. they’re supposed to be from the 80’s, but all the cars are clearly early 2000’s except for the actual cop cars or robbers car.
well they could had stop after 5 or 8 robberies and set up a small bussiness
I thought they would have had a million or more robbing 55 Banks but i guess he paid cash for everything... 👍🏼 Nice
Definitelly an ex cop/ex detective/ex FBI agent.
LOL at the nickname "shootist"
Who does a bank robbery without gloves on?!?! I know he didn't leave any prints but god damn why risk it
Because they’d spend most of their energy on trying to find a fingerprint
Right...back in the day they used to take kids on a field trip to the police station to get finger printed. I know dam well the police kept and filed those prints too.
might be a simple thing to put some newskin over your fingertips.
A shootist...
"Jim Kalstrom, fawmah heddadee FBI's New Yawk awfuss." I wait for it every time! RIP, Jim.
This channel slaps ❤️ keep up the good work 😊
Man back in the day when there was no CCTV was so easy to do crime and get away