Town Marshal Nicholas Hopperton | City of Independence

Just as Rice reached the corporation limit, he wheeled, leveled the shotgun at the marshal’s midsection and pulled the trigger. Buckshot exploded into Marshal Hopperton’s abdomen knocking him down. He got up, pulled his revolver, and shot Rice three times, knocking Rice down. Rice got back up, walked over to Marshal Hopperton, and, from point blank range, fired another salvo into Marshal Hopperton’s chest. Though every vital organ in his core was destroyed, the marshal raised himself one more time, shot Rice again, and then fell dead.

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