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| Nanticoke corrections officer killed by inmate |
| By citizensvoice.com - Bob Kalinowski and James Halpin |
| Published: 02/27/2013 |
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PENNSYLVANIA - A corrections officer from Nanticoke was killed by an inmate at a federal prison in Wayne County on Monday night in what officials say was a highly unusual murder targeting a guard, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Officials say Eric Williams, 34, was killed by an inmate who used a homemade weapon at the U.S. Penitentiary at Canaan, a high-security prison for men. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead about 11:30 p.m. "This is clearly the darkest day in our institution's short history, and we are in shock over this senseless loss of a colleague and friend," Warden David Ebbert said in a statement. Bureau of Prisons spokesman Chris Burke said the prison, which opened in 2005, remained in lockdown Monday and that the FBI is investigating the attack. He deferred comment on potential charges to the U.S. Attorney's Office, which declined to comment, citing an ongoing investigation. Williams was working alone in a unit housing about 130 inmates and was preparing to lock them into their cells for a nightly head-count when he was attacked, said Philip Glover, the northeast regional vice president for the guards' union, the American Federation of Government Employees Council of Prison Locals. Read More. |
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