Bio & Incident Details
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Cause: Gunfire
Location: Oklahoma
Incident Date: 3/29/1886
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Never apprehended
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Deputy Marshal Richardson was shot and killed near Choteau Station, Indian Territory (modern day Oklahoma), while attempting to arrest a man who had escaped from his custody approximately two weeks earlier. During the arrest the man resisted and opened fire, killing Deputy Marshal Richardson.
Other posse members returned fired but did not strike the suspect. It is believed that the suspect was never apprehended.
