In 1908, 27 years after killing Billy the Kid, he was shot to death by a New Mexico rancher in a land dispute
Killed Billy the Kid was a Sheriff in New Mexico ... [PAR] 28 Sheriff in New Mexico, bartender, and customs agent; killed Billy the Kid ... On 
Feb 29, 1908, Garrett was murdered by a cowboy in a dispute near Las Cruces, 
N.M. ... Will always be linked with Billy the Kid, of whom he shot and killed in Pete 
Maxwell's .... After his death he became a legendary figure of the Wild West.