Bio & Incident Details
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Cause: Gunfire
Location: Oklahoma
Incident Date: 3/15/1889
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Sentenced to 10 years
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Deputy Marshal Moody was shot and killed while he and a posse attempted to serve a warrant for murder on a man near Tulsa, Indian Territory (modern day Oklahoma). As the posse approached the home a suspect inside opened fire, mortally wounding Deputy Marshal Moody and wounding a second deputy marshal.
The suspect was apprehended and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The man who was wanted on the warrant was acquitted of Deputy Marshal Moody's murder.
