Editing Morgan Earp (section)

== Gunfight at the OK Corral ==

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On Wednesday, October 26, 1881, the tension between the Earps and the Cowboys came to a head. Ike Clanton, Billy Claiborne, and other Cowboys had been threatening to kill the Earps for several weeks. Tombstone town Marshal Virgil Earp learned that the Cowboys were armed in violation of a city ordinance and had gathered near the O.K. Corral. Morgan was a deputy to his brother Virgil and on October 26, 1881, responded with Virgil and Wyatt to reports that Cowboys were armed on the streets of Tombstone. [[Ike Clanton]] had repeatedly threatened the Earps and he was backed up by [[The Cowboys (Cochise County)|Cowboys]] [[Tom McLaury]], [[Frank McLaury]], and [[Billy Clanton]].  Virgil asked Wyatt and Morgan and Doc Holliday to assist him, as he intended to disarm them. At approximately 3:00&nbsp;p.m. the Earps headed towards Fremont Street where the Cowboys had been reported to be gathering.<ref name=lindenchron>{{cite web|last=Linder|first=Douglas|title=The Earp Trial: A Chronology|url=http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/earp/earpchronology.html|work=Famous Trials|year=2005|access-date=17 May 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816194624/http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/earp/earpchronology.html|archive-date=16 August 2011}}</ref>

They confronted five Cowboys on Fremont Street in an alley between the Harwood House and Fly's Boarding House and Photography Studio, the two parties were initially only about {{convert|6|to|10|ft}} apart. Ike Clanton and Billy Claiborne fled the gunfight. Tom and Frank McLaury, along with Billy Clanton, were killed. Morgan was clipped by a shot across his back that nicked both shoulder blades and a vertebra, although he was able to continue firing his weapon. Virgil was shot through the calf and Holliday was grazed by a bullet.<ref name=lindenchron/>