Johnny Ringo | |
|---|---|
 Ringo c. 1880 | |
| Born | John Peters Ringo May 3, 1850 |
| Died | July 13, 1882 (aged 32) |
| Cause of death | Gunshot wound to the head |
| Body discovered | Turkey Creek Canyon, Arizona Territory |
| Resting place | East Turkey Creek Road, Pearce, Arizona (private property) 31°51′57″N 109°25′08″W / 31.865868°N 109.418852°W |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Johnny Ringo, Johnny Ringgold |
| Occupation | Outlaw |
| Years active | 1875–1882 |
John Peters Ringo (May 3, 1850 – July 13, 1882) was an American Old West outlaw loosely associated with the Cochise County Cowboys in frontier boomtown Tombstone, Arizona Territory. He took part in the Mason County War in Texas during which he committed his first murder. He was arrested and charged with murder.[1] He was affiliated with Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan, Ike Clanton, and Frank Stilwell during 1881–1882. He got into a confrontation in Tombstone with Doc Holliday and was suspected by Wyatt Earp of having taken part in the attempted murder of Virgil Earp and the ambush and death of Morgan Earp. Ringo was found dead with a bullet wound to his temple which was ruled a suicide. Modern writers have advanced various theories attributing his death to Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Frank Leslie or Michael O'Rourke.
- ^ Burrows, Jack (1996). John Ringo: The Gunfighter Who Never Was. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0816516483. Archived from the original on 2022-01-24. Retrieved 2020-11-28.