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Five heavily armed robbers ambushed police in a 1980 bank robbery shootout in Norco, California, leading to one of the most intense firefights in U.S. law enforcement history.
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The Norco Shootout prompted police departments nationwide to upgrade firearms and improve officer survival training programs.[4]
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The three surviving robbers — George Wayne Smith, Christopher Gregory Harven, and Russell Harven — were convicted of 46 felonies each and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.[3]
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