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Jul 18, 2019 · Following are the verified facts of the case. The victim, Patrick Floyd Jarvis “Pat” Garrett, was the former sheriff of Lincoln County best known for having killed outlaw Billy the Kid on July 14, 1881. Garrett served as sheriff of Doña Ana County from 1896 to 1900.
- Jerry Lobdill
Nov 13, 2009 · 1881. Billy the Kid is shot to death. Sheriff Pat Garrett shoots Henry McCarty, popularly known as Billy the Kid, to death at the Maxwell Ranch in New Mexico. Garrett, who had been tracking the...
The coroner's report on Garrett's death states that Brazel shot Garrett. Brazel reportedly confessed, but was acquitted at trial. Four other suspects have been proposed: Adamson, Cox, Rhode, and Miller.
- Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett, June 5, 1850, Chambers County, Alabama
- Killing William H. Bonney (Billy the Kid)
Jun 10, 2017 · Pat Garrett, who Leon Metz described as, "the tall slayer of Billy the Kid, and without question the American West's most famous lawman after that deed," was Doña Ana County Sheriff and in...
- Trish Long
- Reporter/Data Expert
Garrett was fatally shot on the road from the ranch to Las Cruces, New Mexico. The man who had leased the ranch, Wayne Brazel, alleged that Garrett had drawn a gun on him and that the killing was self-defense. A witness agreed, and Brazel went free.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 3, 2022 · Pat Garrett didn't just kill Billy the Kid, he also became the leading expert on the outlaw's life. In a small town in northern New Mexico, a man hid in a bedroom with a loaded pistol. Two men entered, and upon sensing the presence of the man already there, one shouted “Quien es? Quien es?” (“who is it?”) while reaching for his gun.
Jan 6, 2014 · For the 57-year-old lawman, his was an undignified death. Pat Garrett was urinating on the side of the road to Las Cruces, New Mexico, about four miles east of town. As he was so occupied, somebody hidden about 50 feet behind him put a Winchester bulletin the back of his head.
