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Police are searching for an escaped inmate and another person after corrections officers in Boise, Idaho, were shot early Wednesday in what officials described as a planned escape.
The incident began at 2:15 a.m. local time when state Corrections Department officers were attempting to transfer inmate Skylar Meade back to the corrections facility, according to Boise police. Meade had been taken to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center for treatment.
As the officers were preparing to take Meade back, a suspect later identified as Nicholas Umphenour fired at them, police said. Two of the officers were shot, one with non-life-threatening injuries, while the other was stable in critical condition.
Meade and the other person fled and were last seen in a gray four-door sedan, possibly a Honda Civic, police said. Meade was described as a 31-year-old white man, 5 feet, 6 inches tall, with two face tattoos: the No. 1 on one side and 11 on the other.
Boise officers responded to reports of an active shooter at the hospital, which was placed on a modified lockdown, the department said. One of the officers fired at an armed person at the hospital entrance, who was later identified as a Corrections Department officer.
Idaho inmate escapes after planned breakout from hospital, 2 officers shot in 'brazen' ambush
Boise's police chief Winegar described the shooting as a “violent and apparently coordinated attack” to facilitate the inmate's escape.
www.nbcnews.com
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