I once read a book that stated about 400 deaths in the Old West were due to gunfights. Is this figure correct?

I once read a book that stated about 400 deaths in the Old West were due to gunfights. Is this figure correct? Michael J. Glaze Seattle, Washington First of all, how do we define a gunfight? Old West authority Jim Dunham says, “If the characters in the Stilwell/Earp confrontation at the Tucson train station had been unknown thugs, I would call it a mugging, a brawl, a murder, etc. But because it involves famous Western personalities, I think you can include it as a ‘gunfight.’ Even th