Shootout on Juneau Wharf
The four docks in Skagway. Juneau Wharf is the second from the left. | |
| Date | July 8, 1898 |
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| Location | Skagway, District of Alaska, United States |
| Coordinates | 59°27′13″N 135°19′16″W / 59.4537°N 135.3210°W |
| Participants | Jefferson Randolph Smith, Frank H. Reid, Jesse Murphy, Josias Martin Tanner, John Landers. |
| Outcome | 2 killed |
The Shootout on Juneau Wharf was a gunfight between Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith, Frank H. Reid, and Jesse Murphy that took place on Friday, July 8, 1898, at approximately 9:15 p.m. in Skagway, District of Alaska, in the United States. Smith was shot in the heart and died shortly afterwards, and Reid died of his injuries 12 days later.