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| Prison Escapee Killed in Florida |
| By Tampa Tribune/Associated Press |
| Published: 11/07/2002 |
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A deputy U.S. marshal shot and killed an Arkansas prison escapee he was attempting to arrest Tuesday morning in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Haines City, Florida, authorities said. The officer mortally wounded Juan Castellanos when Castellanos started to leave the parking lot off U.S. 27 in a GMC Yukon about 8:30 a.m., the Polk County Sheriff's Office said. The deputy marshal fired a shot through the right rear passenger window, said sheriff's Col. Grady Judd. The U.S. Marshals Service would not release details of the shooting or identify the officer. Castellanos, a Miami native, escaped from the minimum security Federal Prison Camp in Forrest City, Ark., in April 1998, authorities said. He was serving a six-year sentence for conspiracy to import cocaine. Castellanos died shortly after being flown to Lakeland Regional Medical Center. Two other men were with the suspect at the time of the shooting, one of whom also was being pursued by the Marshals Service and was apprehended. The second suspect, Arturo Hoyas, 54, of Miami, was wanted for a probation violation, authorities said. He had been convicted of bank fraud and resisting arrest. 'He has an extensive record,'' said marshals spokesman Ed Hurley, but he did not elaborate. Hoyas was arrested by marshals and was being held in Orlando, said Polk sheriff's spokeswoman Michael Shanley. The third man in the vehicle was questioned by authorities and released Tuesday without any charges, officials said. The deputy marshal who fired the shot was taken to a hospital at Celebration, near Disney World, for an exam - standard procedure when a marshal is involved in a shooting, according to Judd. Hurley said the deputy marshal is taking some time off 'because he felt like he needed to.'' The sheriff's office is working with the Marshals Service in the shooting investigation, Judd said. |
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