Another courthouse shooting
This time, it’s local. From Michael Silence:
A woman gunned down a prison guard and sprang her husband in a daring and violent escape this morning at the Roane County Courthouse in Kingston, a state official said.
Authorities across the state began a manhunt for George Hyatte, 34, and his wife, Jennifer Hyatte, Tennessee Department of Correction spokeswoman Amanda Sluss said.
Sluss said Jennifer Hyatte shot corrections officer Wayne Morgan three times with a shotgun in the parking lot of the courthouse, where George Hyatte was scheduled to make an appearance.
Sadly, the guard has died. Michael has many more updates.
August 9th, 2005 at 8:06 pm
I’m sure John Walsh or John Bunnell could say it better, but i’m sure these arseholes won’t be getting any sleep tonight.
August 10th, 2005 at 12:06 pm
Stories like this make me wonder what the guy did in the first place. So, drilling down through the links, I found this: “Offense/Sentence: Aggravated Assault, Aggravated Assault, Aggravated Robbery, Aggravated Robbery, Escape (Felony), Aggravated Burglary, Burglary-3rd Degree, Burglary-3rd Degree and Aggravated Burglary, 35 Years”
Sounds like a real aggravating fellow. I hope that when he and his wife are caught, they’ll get additional charges that ensure they aren’t going to be back out on the streets in 35 years – or ever.