 Then, while the Elders are being moved to a nearby different county jail for safety, Hastings, not content with seeing them go to prison, arranges an ambush in which Matt is killed and Bud seriously injured.Deputy Sheriff Ben Latta (Jeremy Slate) is not part of the conspiracy, but is shot and killed by Hastings when he decides to aid the Elders after seeing he had been fooled.The surviving Elders succeed in beating back the ambushers.