A federal inmate shot a North Carolina detention officer during an escape but was captured nearly an hour away.

The shooter was a federal inmate, Kelvin Simmons, who escaped from an Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital facility in Murphy.

Inmate Kelvin Simmons fatally shot Officer Francisco Flattes during a medical transport after overpowering him and seizing a ...

A North Carolina sheriff’s detention officer has died after being shot by an inmate trying to escape custody on Monday. The ...

A federal inmate faces a first-degree murder charge after officials say he shot a Cherokee County officer June 30 while escaping a medical facility.

Inmate shot officer during visit to medical clinic and then escaped and led deputies on chase across three counties ...