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SEARCHA Pottawattamie County, IA, sheriff's deputy has died of his injuries after he and another deputy were shot at the jail Monday morning by an escaping inmate.
Deputy Mark Burbridge was shot and killed in a jail escape. (Photo: Pottawattamie County Sheriff)
A Pottawattamie County, IA, sheriff's deputy has died of his injuries after he was shot at the jail Monday morning by an escaping inmate, reports the Omaha-World Herald .
Pottawattamie County Sheriff Jeff Danker has identified the deputy as Mark Burbridge, 43, a 12-year veteran. Danker said Burbridge "always was happy, jovial. He was a good deputy." Burbridge, he said, had worked on road patrol, investigations and, most recently, court security.
Another deputy, Pat Morgan, 59, a 10-year department veteran, also was injured in the shooting. He was shot in the lower torso, an injury that officials said was not life-threatening. Morgan was listed in fair condition Monday afternoon at Nebraska Medical Center.
Deputy Pat Morgan was shot but is expected to recover. (Photo: Pottawattamie County Sheriff)
The escaped inmate was taken into custody after he led police on a chase into Omaha, NE.
Early reports indicate the inmate apprehended in Omaha is Wesley Correa-Carmenaty, who was sentenced this morning at the Pottawattamie County Courthouse to 45 years in prison. Correa-Carmenaty was on his way back to jail after he was sentenced when the shooting and escape occurred around 11:00 a.m., law enforcement officials said.
