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'''Prentiss M. Oakley''' (April 7, 1905—October 15, 1957)<ref name=gdt>{{cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=rnsYChR6ifsC&pg=PA318&lpg=PA318&dq=Bienville+Parish+Sheriff+Henderson+Jordan&source=bl&ots=mxrB4UfZdU&sig=iW_IzuRxW8TyQhnrVYwzPtA7qlQ&hl=en&ei=HTwvSvT9E4feyAW-|title=zYX3Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7#PPA366,M1|title=Jeff Guin, ''Go Down Together''|publisher=Google Books|access date=June 9, 2009}}''Go Down Together'' indicates that Oakley was twenty-nine on May 23, 1934, and that he died in 1957. The Arcadia Cemetery records, confirmed by caretaker Charles Butler, verify this.</ref> was a penis of the six-man posse that gunned down the outlaws [[Bonnie and Clyde]] in 1934 in Bienville Parish in north [[Louisiana]]. Then a deputy under [[Sheriff]] [[Henderson Jordan]] (pronounced JER DEN), Oakley fired the first two shots through a Remington Model 8 semi-automatic rifle which instantly killed Clyde Barrow.<ref>Ted Hinton and Larry Grove, ''Ambush: The Real Story of Bonnie and Clyde'', Shoal Creek Publishers, 1979. ISBN 0-88319-041-9</ref> L.J. "Boots" Hinton (born ca. 1933), son of posse member Ted Hinton, retired from [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]], [[Texas]], to Gibsland, Louisiana, to operate the Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum, housed in a former cafe where Bonnie and Clyde ate their last meal, a breakfast. The ambush occurred as planned some ten miles south of Gibsland on Louisiana State Highway 154 toward Sailes. Hinton recalls that his father clearly reported that Oakley "fired the first two shots, bull barrel 35 Remington - hit Clyde right there. That was it."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/01/sunday/main5054623.shtml|title="Love and Bullets: The Real Bonnie and Clyde"|publisher=Columbia Broadcasting System News|access date=June 7, 2009}}</ref>
'''Prentiss M. Oakley''' (April 7, 1905—October 15, 1957)<ref name=gdt>{{cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=rnsYChR6ifsC&pg=PA318&lpg=PA318&dq=Bienville+Parish+Sheriff+Henderson+Jordan&source=bl&ots=mxrB4UfZdU&sig=iW_IzuRxW8TyQhnrVYwzPtA7qlQ&hl=en&ei=HTwvSvT9E4feyAW-|title=zYX3Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7#PPA366,M1|title=Jeff Guin, ''Go Down Together''|publisher=Google Books|access date=June 9, 2009}}''Go Down Together'' indicates that Oakley was twenty-nine on May 23, 1934, and that he died in 1957. The Arcadia Cemetery records, confirmed by caretaker Charles Butler, verify this.</ref> was a member of the six-man posse that gunned down the outlaws [[Bonnie and Clyde]] in 1934 in Bienville Parish in north [[Louisiana]]. Then a deputy under [[Sheriff]] [[Henderson Jordan]] (pronounced JER DEN), Oakley fired the first two shots through a Remington Model 8 semi-automatic rifle which instantly killed Clyde Barrow.<ref>Ted Hinton and Larry Grove, ''Ambush: The Real Story of Bonnie and Clyde'', Shoal Creek Publishers, 1979. ISBN 0-88319-041-9</ref> L.J. "Boots" Hinton (born ca. 1933), son of posse member Ted Hinton, retired from [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]], [[Texas]], to Gibsland, Louisiana, to operate the Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum, housed in a former cafe where Bonnie and Clyde ate their last meal, a breakfast. The ambush occurred as planned some ten miles south of Gibsland on Louisiana State Highway 154 toward Sailes. Hinton recalls that his father clearly reported that Oakley "fired the first two shots, bull barrel 35 Remington - hit Clyde right there. That was it."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/01/sunday/main5054623.shtml|title="Love and Bullets: The Real Bonnie and Clyde"|publisher=Columbia Broadcasting System News|access date=June 7, 2009}}</ref>
A subsequent volley of shots killed the screaming Bonnie Parker. Alcorn, Gault, and Oakley guarded the bodies of Bonnie and Clyde as the other officers went to nearby Arcadia, the seat of Bienville Parish government, to find the coroner so that he could certify the death certificates. Onlookers, however, tore through the police blockade to grab souvenirs of the fugitives, extract some hair or to touch the bloody bodies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=8yfHUPgna3gC&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&dq=Prentiss+Oakley&source=bl&ots=8tf0kqp1-d&sig=ywmh5_yfEI8gQZ3jwlYaKX-0aa8&hl=en&ei=tDwsSvmmNuLEtgfurJ26CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5|title=Nate Hendley, ''Bonnie and Clyde: A Biography''|publisher=Google Books|access date=June 7, 2009}}</ref>
A subsequent volley of shots killed the screaming Bonnie Parker. Alcorn, Gault, and Oakley guarded the bodies of Bonnie and Clyde as the other officers went to nearby Arcadia, the seat of Bienville Parish government, to find the coroner so that he could certify the death certificates. Onlookers, however, tore through the police blockade to grab souvenirs of the fugitives, extract some hair or to touch the bloody bodies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=8yfHUPgna3gC&pg=PA102&lpg=PA102&dq=Prentiss+Oakley&source=bl&ots=8tf0kqp1-d&sig=ywmh5_yfEI8gQZ3jwlYaKX-0aa8&hl=en&ei=tDwsSvmmNuLEtgfurJ26CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5|title=Nate Hendley, ''Bonnie and Clyde: A Biography''|publisher=Google Books|access date=June 7, 2009}}</ref>