Original sentence: A wounded Crocket was carried away on his bolting horse as it galloped out of towna.According to the account given by the three members of the ambush/posse, at about 9:00 PM, Crockett and Heffron approached the barn on horseback, ignored a call to put their hands up, and were shot.Having had enough, Rinehart formed a posse of three men, including himself; a rancher named Joseph Holbrook and the town postmaster, John McCullough.On September 30, 1876, the so called (Crockett and Heffron were not fugitives or as far as they knew even wanted by the law) took up concealed positions near a barn where Crockett and Heffron usually left their horses.The posse asserted they had found his dead body on the other side of the Cimarron River, about a quarter of a mile away from town, still on his horse with his hands locked in a "death grip" on the saddle horn.Wounded in the arm and head, Heffron was taken to jail, and never seen again as he supposedly escaped the next day, October 31, 1876
Edited sentence: After Holbrook fired, the other two men in the posse began shooting as well, at which point Crockett's horse became frightened and started galloping north out of town.At about 9:00 PM, Crockett and Heffron were approaching the barn on horseback when the posse confronted them.Finally, Sheriff Rinehart had had enough of Crockett and Heffron so he formed a posse of three men, including himself, to go after them.He was wounded twice during the shooting – once in the arm and once in the head – but they were not serious enough to prevent his escape to Colorado on October 31, 1876.Heffron was arrested and thrown in jail.Heffron was never seen again.Holbrook called out for them to put their hands up, but, instead of complying, Crockett dared his antagonist to fire, which he did.On September 30, 1876, the posse took up concealed positions near a barn where Crockett and Heffron usually left their horses.The other men in the posse were locals; a rancher named Joseph Holbrook and the town postmaster, John McCullough.The posse gave chase and they later found Crockett's dead body on the other side of the Cimarron River, about a quarter of a mile away from town.They had to pry his hands free from the horse's saddle horn because they were locked in a death grip