Bonnie and Clyde shared a passionate kiss shortly before being gunned down by cops in newly unearthed pictures
After evading the cops countless times, their luck ran out in 1934 when on Highway 54 in Louisiana, they were ambushed by officers who fired 107 rounds of bullets in less than two minutes
FUGITIVE lovers Bonnie and Clyde share a passionate embrace in a newly unearthed photo — shortly before they are gunned down by cops.
A Texas gallery - called Photographs Do Not Bend - is exhibiting shocking images from the shootout which ended the notorious pair's infamous crime spree.
Bonnie and Clyde first hit the headlines in 1932, ruthlessly robbing banks and small businesses and killing anyone who got in their way.
The public were enamoured by the love-struck pair, full names Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow, during the great depression in America.
After evading cops countless times, their luck finally ran out in 1934 when on Highway 54 in Louisiana, they were ambushed by officers who fired 107 rounds in less than two minutes.
But their infamy and legend live on to this day in the unseen images that document the end for Bonnie and Clyde, who died aged 24 and 23, along with other memorable moments.
Images include their bullet-riddled car, the couple's bloody bodies on the gurney after each being struck by 50 bullets, the arresting officers and a previously undeveloped picture of the couple smooching.
Along with a copy of Clyde's criminal record detailing robberies, murder and more; his fingerprints, and the warning: "this man is very dangerous and extreme care should be taken when arresting him."
Burt Finger, PDNB Gallery Director, said: "There are certain outlaws that become iconic, like Billy the Kid, Al Capone and others, who live on forever.
"Bonnie and Clyde were certainly that, they were both handsome people, were nobodies, and they robbed banks at a time when banks were not loved by everyone.
"They had eluded capture for many years, their apprehension was strategic and tactical, it worked like a military operation.
"It was planned out to the letter, officers didn't want Bonnie and Clyde to get away and to potentially go on to kill other police officers and civilians."
The photograph's previous owner had acquired the grim images from her uncle who worked at the local newspaper at the time of the event.
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"Some of the photographs are gory, they were killed in a horrible manner, but they were killers too - I'm like a doctor and look at them in a clinical way," said Finger.
The pair's love story was adapted into a glamorous Hollywood film in 1967, starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunnaway, which was a world away these unseen images which keep their legend alive.
For more info about Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery visit: www.pdnbgallery.com