Editing Johnny Ringo (section)

{{Short description|US criminal and gunfighter (1850–1882)}}
{{Other uses|Johnny Ringo (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Johnny Ringo
| image = Johnny Ringo.jpeg
| caption = Ringo c. 1880
| birth_name = John Peters Ringo
| birth_date = {{birth date|1850|05|03}}
| birth_place = [[Greens Fork, Indiana]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1882|07|13|1850|05|03}}
| death_place = [[Chiricahua Mountains|Chiricahua range]], [[Cochise County]], [[Arizona Territory]]
| death_cause = Suicide
| body_discovered = Turkey Creek Canyon, Arizona Territory
| resting_place = East Turkey Creek Road, [[Pearce, Arizona|Pearce]], Arizona (private property)
| resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|31.865868|-109.418852|type:landmark|display=inline}}
| nationality = [[Americans|American]]
| occupation = Outlaw
| years_active = 1875–1882
| other_names = Johnny Ringo, Johnny Ringgold
}}

'''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|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.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R-9AAg2HmwQC&q=johnny+ringo+disappeared+after+escaping+from+jail&pg=PA165|title=John Ringo: The Gunfighter Who Never Was|last=Burrows|first=Jack|year=1996|publisher=University of Arizona Press|isbn=978-0816516483|language=en|access-date=2020-11-28|archive-date=2022-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124220819/https://books.google.com/books?id=R-9AAg2HmwQC&q=johnny+ringo+disappeared+after+escaping+from+jail&pg=PA165|url-status=live}}</ref> 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 suicide. Modern writers have advanced various theories attributing his death to Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, [[Buckskin Frank Leslie|Frank Leslie]] or [[Michael O'Rourke (gambler)|Michael O'Rourke]].