Who among the Earp brothers was maimed by hidden assailants following the Tombstone shootout?
Morgan Earp
Wyatt Earp
Virgil Earp
None of the above
Answer
Following the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Virgil Earp was shot in the back by hidden assailants. The attack left him with a crippled right arm and made it difficult for him to continue his work as a lawman. Virgil Earp later died from tuberculosis in 1905.
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