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Kansas City Union Station massacre linked to FBI rise in power
Forty years after the mass gun slaying in Kansas City on June 27 1933 five victims including FBI agent Raymond Caffrey and police officials were killed at Union Station. The incident spurred Congress to authorize federal agents to bear arms and expanded FBI authority.
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