HAPPENING NOW: National civil rights attorney joins family to speak out after Hays County inmate is shot, killed by officer
Mid-December, FOX 7 reported that theninmate Joshua Wright was shot and killed by a corrections officer after they say he tried to escape a Kyle hospital.
Wright was in Hays County Jail for the following charges: Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle, Bail Jumping, Failure to Appear, Reckless Driving, Criminal Mischief, and Evading Arrest and Detention. The Hays County Sheriff's Office says the 36-year-old was getting undisclosed medical treatment at Seton Hospital inHays County inmate shot, killed by corrections officer after he tried to escape Kyle hospital: Sheriff
A Hays County inmate was shot and killed by a corrections officer after the inmate tried to escape a Kyle hospital, the Hays County Sheriff's Office said.The corrections officer fired a shot, hitting Wright and leading to his death.CLEAT, a law enforcement advocacy group, says they believe Wright had access to medical instruments and could have used them as weapons.
"It's my understanding that he attacked the deputy, hit him in the throat and physically attacked him, and then made his way toward these potential weapons that could have been used against patients and nurses and the medical staff there," said Charlie Wilkison from CLEAT.DAILY NEWSLETTERthat I have read and agree
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