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Today in History: Machine Gun Kelly's surrender creates “G-Men” nickname
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- On September 26 1933, FBI agents captured gangster George “Machine Gun” Kelly in Memphis after his 1933 kidnapping of oilman Charles Urschel. As he surrendered, Kelly allegedly shouted, “Don’t shoot, G-men!” The cry cemented “G-men” as the enduring nickname for FBI agents.
