Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight

When

1881

Kind

Shooting

Killed

4

Coordinates

31.76° N, 106.50° W

Description

1881 shootout in the streets of El Paso, Texas, USA

Date from

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1881 shootout in the streets of El Paso, Texas

The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight was a famous gun fight that occurred on April 14, 1881, on El Paso Street, in El Paso, Texas. Witnesses generally agreed that the incident lasted no more than five seconds after the first gunshot, though a few would insist it was at least ten seconds. Marshal Dallas Stoudenmire accounted for three of the four fatalities with his twin .44 caliber Smith & Wesson revolvers.

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