There's a deleted scene where Tannen shoots and kills Marshall Strickland, and his son cries about it. So the deputy is actually the Marshall at the end. You can see his badge
They took the scene out bc it would make Tannen too evil, and make the audience really hate him and want Marty to shoot him, which would defeat the whole point
They took the scene out bc it would make Tannen too evil, and make the audience really hate him and want Marty to shoot him, which would defeat the whole point
