On a humid evening on June 3, 1983, the quiet of rural Lawrence County, Arkansas, was shattered by a violent shootout that claimed the life of Sheriff Harold 'Gene' Matthews. The 38-year-old male lawman was killed while attempting to apprehend a heavily armed federal fugitive named Gordon Kahl. The events unfolded at a fortified, bunker-like house built into a hillside just outside of Smithville.
The chain of events leading to the fatal confrontation began months earlier and hundreds of m
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