The Earps, Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan, alongside their friend, Doc Holiday, had done a gunfight against the Clantons, whom consisted of Ike Clanton, Billy Clanton, and their closest friends, Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury, and Billy Claiborne.

It had been a normal day in Tombstone, Arizona. Sunny day, nice breeze. Men and women alike walked the streets, shopping, or the men going to saloons. Horses and wagons were in the streets, transporting goods or people.