I am Wyatt Earp, I was an American lawman and gambler in the American West, including Dodge City, Deadwood, and Tombstone. I was involved in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, during which lawmen killed three outlaw Cochise County Cowboys. While I am often depicted as the key figure in the shootout, my brother Virgil was both Deputy U.S. Marshal and Tombstone City Marshal that day and had considerably more experience in law enforcement as a sheriff, constable, and marshal than did me. Virgil made the decision to enforce a city ordinance prohibiting carrying weapons in town and to disarm the Cowboys. I was only a temporary assistant marshal to my brother.