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A federal inmate has been captured after shooting a deputy, stealing a vehicle, and leading authorities on a multi-county ...
A federal inmate faces a first-degree murder charge after officials say he shot a Cherokee County officer June 30 while ...
The shooter was a federal inmate, Kelvin Simmons, who escaped from an Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital facility in Murphy.
MURPHY, N.C. (AP) — A federal inmate escaped from custody at a medical clinic in western North Carolina and fatally shot a ...
Authorities in North Carolina say an escaped inmate fatally shot a detention officer with his own gun, then fled in a stolen ...
A North Carolina sheriff’s detention officer has died after being shot by an inmate trying to escape custody on Monday. The ...
Inmate Kelvin Simmons fatally shot Officer Francisco Flattes during a medical transport after overpowering him and seizing a ...
A detention officer with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office is dead after an incident with a federal inmate at a hospital outside of Murphy, North Carolina.
The 48-year-old detainee, who was identified as Kelvin Simmons, had been brought to a Murphy orthopedic office for ...
Cherokee County Sheriff’s Officer Francisco Flattes, killed in the line of duty on Monday (Courtesy: Cherokee County ...