THE NOTORIOUS BILLY


Billy the Kid was an outlaw in the Old West. He became famous for killing eight men and was known to have committed three other murders as well. Billy the Kid started to commit crimes when he was young. Based on records, he was arrested several times for stealing food and robbing a business at the young age of 16.

His notoriety became widespread when he killed two of the sheriff’s deputies in order to escape prison. The governor put a bounty for his capture. Sheriff Garrett was credited as the man who killed him, and Billy the Kid was only 21 years old when he died.

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