Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight

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Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight
Dallas Stoudenmire
Location	El Paso Street, El Paso, Texas, U.S.
Coordinates	31°45′50″N 106°29′42″W / 31.764°N 106.495°W / 31.764; -106.495
Date	April 14, 1881
Deaths	4

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.