who fired the first shot at the ok corral
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Who started shooting first is not certain; accounts by both participants and eyewitnesses are contradictory.[103] The smoke from the black powder used in the weapons added to the confusion of the gunfight in the narrow space.[86] Those loyal to one side or the other told conflicting stories, and independent eyewitnesses who did not know the participants by sight were unable to say for certain who shot first. The six or seven men with guns fired about 30 shots in around 30 seconds.[2][24]:230
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Virgil Earp reported afterward, "Two shots went off right together. Billy Clanton's was one of them."[84] Wyatt testified, "Billy Clanton leveled his pistol at me, but I did not aim at him. I knew that Frank McLaury had the reputation of being a good shot and a dangerous man, and I aimed at Frank McLaury." He said he shot Frank McLaury after both he and Billy Clanton went for their revolvers: "The first two shots were fired by Billy Clanton and myself, he shooting at me, and I shooting at Frank McLaury."[45] Morey agreed that Billy Clanton and Wyatt Earp fired first. Clanton missed, but Earp shot Frank McLaury in the stomach.[101]
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