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| Officer stabbed at Alabama correctional facility |
| By fox10tv.com |
| Published: 04/13/2017 |
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BESSEMER, Ala. – A correctional officer assigned to the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer was stabbed by an inmate while responding to an emergency call at the facility on Wednesday, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. The stabbing happened at approximately 5:30 p.m. when the officer confronted the inmate who was attempting to flee from other officers inside the facility, a news release states. The officer was transported to a Birmingham hospital where he is listed in stable condition. Officers detained the inmate and recovered a makeshift knife used in the stabbing, authorities said. Sahking Burke, 33, who is serving life-without-parole for a 2006 murder conviction out of Jefferson County, will be charged with assaulting and stabbing the officer. Read More. |
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