Authorities in Maryland have placed a hospital on lockdown after a Jessup Correctional Institution prisoner escaped from security guards while being taken inside the Laurel Regional Hospital. According to reports, shots were fired but there are no reports of injuries. An emergency official said the prisoner overpowered the guard and managed to take a firearm. The official also says that the shots may have come from the prisoner trying to shoot off his shackles.
Authorities are still searching for the escaped inmate in the hospital and surrounding areas.
In November, a similar sitation occurred at the same hospital when a different prisoner took a state trooper's gun. He was captured several hours later.
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Shots Fired at Maryland Hospital
Shots Fired at Maryland Hospital (Added: January 02, 2008)
A Maryland hospital is on lockdown after a prisoner broke loose and fled while being taken inside. Schools nearby also on lockdown. Meanwhile police are looking for an escaped inmate. (more)
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Published: January 02, 2008
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