‘Blackjack’ McKinney shoots it out with ‘The Kid’
"Billy the Kid," portrayed by Dave Faas, fires down up Coal Avenue in a gunfight performance for Wild West Day in Gallup on Saturday. © 2011 Gallup Independent / Adron Gardner

By Richard Reyes
Staff writer

GALLUP — In dramatic Wild West fashion, the gunslinging mayor of Gallup and Billy the Kid traded fire on Coal Avenue during Wild West Day with the wanted outlaw making his getaway and leaving “Blackjack” Jackie McKinney unable to catch the Kid.

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