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| Inmate, officer wounded during escape attempt |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 12/21/2004 |
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An inmate was shot in the leg by an officer during an escape attempt outside the Rappahannock Regional Jail on Monday, Stafford County (Va.) Sheriff Charles Jett said. The deputy suffered cuts and bruises on his head and face, but his injuries were not life-threatening, Jett said. The inmate and the deputy, whose names were not released, were taken to Mary Washington Hospital. Jett said the inmate was being transferred back to jail in a patrol car after a court hearing outside Stafford when he broke through a protective barrier and attacked the officer, who was driving. During the struggle, the vehicle went up and down an embankment, striking a rock culvert and causing the air bags to deploy. The deputy shot the inmate in the upper leg, and jail officers helped take the prisoner into custody, Jett said. Jett said the deputy is not from Stafford but from another agency in the region. The jail houses prisoners from the counties of Stafford, Spotsylvania and King George, and the city of Fredericksburg. |
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