billy the kid

By gwilliams200

  • born

    billy the kid was born in 1859 in new York

  • his childhood

    when he was 14 his mother died of tuberculosis and he was sent to a foster home and quickly fell into the wrong crowd and that started all his petty crimes and thievery.

  • first arrest

    first arrest
    his first arrest was in 1875 for stealing clothes from a Chinese​ laundry

  • became know as the gunslinger

    became know as the gunslinger
    he got this nickname after he participated in a bloody frontier war. The conflict was a business rivalry that ended with someone getting shot and billy getting revenge for his death and him and a couple friends killed the sheriff and the other forces.

  • murders

    murders
    By 1881 billy was involved in at least nine murders and he wasn't afraid to whip out his 6 shooter

  • Billys death

    Billys death
    billy the kid died in 1881 at the age of 21 after being shot in the heart by one of the sheriffs old friends.

  • jail break

    he made an amazing jailbreak by slipping out of his hand cuffs and killing a guard with his own gun and then arming himself with a double barrel shot gun and then making a run for it.