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The Gunfight

When
14 April 1881
Where
El Paso Street
Part of
Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight erupts in El Paso, Texas

A brief gunfight on El Paso Street involving armed Mexicans and Marshal Stoudenmire resulted in four deaths within seconds.

On April 14, 1881, a group of 75 armed Mexicans entered El Paso looking for missing vaqueros. The confrontation on El Paso Street lasted five seconds, resulting in four deaths. Marshal Stoudenmire was present in the courtroom.

Sources

  1. Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-31

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