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| Officer injured by inmate-made spear |
| By Denton Record Chronicle |
| Published: 11/24/2004 |
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A Texas correctional officer was injured Tuesday when a death row inmate struck him in the head with a homemade spear, officials said. Officer Bradley Davison, 20, was treated for his injury and released from a hospital in Livingston, where the Polunsky Unit is located. Pablo Melendez, 29, who was condemned for fatally shooting a Fort Worth man in 1994, will probably be charged with aggravated assault of a public servant, officials said. Investigators are examining how Mr. Melendez made the weapon, said Mike Viesca, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Officials believe Mr. Melendez actually intended to stab another death row inmate, Robert Pruett, Mr. Viesca said. Mr. Pruett is on death row for fatally stabbing a correctional officer at a prison in Bee County in 1999. |
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