Fifty-seven shots in ninety seconds, five people dead, seven others wounded and it all happened inside a courtroom on a cold March day in 1912. Lives and fortunes were lost over what most believe was a senseless tragedy. The echoes of the gunfire have long since disappeared but the wounds left behind in the quaint little town of Hillsville, Virginia have continued to fester. The political drama that led up to the shooting has divided families for generations. Some say the shootout was self-defense, others murder. Many of the questions surrounding that day have yet to be answered. Fifty-Seven shots in ninety seconds. Who fired the first shot?
Five people were killed and many more were wounded when 57 shots rang out on a cold March Day in 1912. The wounds left behind after the shootout would fester for generations. In Carroll County, Virginia families on both sides of the tragedy have continued to hold grudges and resentment, because of that the subject was taboo among locals. That may finally be changing.
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