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?
The Carroll County Courthouse shootout spilled out of the courtroom and into the streets that cold March day in 1912. The Allens were on the run, but not for too long. The five killed that day would lead to a murder trial that grabbed national headlines. A father and son would be sentenced to the electric chair while the crime would follow the families involved for generations
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