TOMBSTONE, ARIZ. >> Officials called for gunfight re-enactments in the Old West town of Tombstone to be put on hold after two people were hit with bullets during a show that was supposed to involve ...

Podcaster Show PlayerThe shooting happened Sunday afternoon in the 400 block of Allen Street as two performers from the Tombstone Vigilantes group re-enacted a gunfight in the 19th-century mining ...

TOMBSTONE, Ariz. (AP) • Arizona authorities say they won’t prosecute an actor who shot and injured another performer during a mock gunfight in Tombstone.

Rico Dienno, who played the part of Virgil Earp, strolls through Tombstone amid tourists drawn to the town by its Old West atmosphere and re-enactments of the infamous 1881 Gunfight at the OK Corral.

The first gunfight re-enactments had taken place in 1929, and had attracted more than 6,000 visitors, but it wasn’t until the 1960s that Tombstone became established as a tourism destination.

The first gunfight re-enactments had taken place in 1929, and had attracted more than 6,000 visitors, but it wasn’t until the 1960s that Tombstone became established as a tourism destination.

An actor staging a historical gunfight in the Old West town of Tombstone and a bystander were shot with live rounds during a show that was supposed to use blanks, leading officials to call for the ...