The incident, which killed a corrections officer, took place last fall in Altoona. The police sergeant who fired the shot died several months later of natural causes.
ALTOONA, Pa. — A Pennsylvania prosecutor has ruled that a late police sergeant was justified in using deadly force that resulted in the accidental shooting death of a jail guard during a hostage situation at a county courthouse last fall.
District Attorney Pete Weeks said last week that the use of deadly force by the police sergeant, who officials said died several months later of natural causes, was justified under the law. He faulted security procedures in plate at the courthouse and recommended changes that officials said have already begun.
One inmate, who was awaiting a preliminary hearing on gun and drug charges, asked to use a bathroom and after a handcuff was removed was able to “gain full mobility of both arms and hands” and attacked Russell, driving her into an empty holding cell, the report said.
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