Corrections officer killed by friendly fire during courthouse struggle with inmate

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The corrections officer had been disarmed by an inmate, when a law enforcement official trying to aid her fired a weapon and shot her, police said.

A corrections officer in Pennsylvania was shot and killed Wednesday after she was disarmed by an inmate, and a law enforcement officer attempting to aid her fired a weapon, striking the officer, police said.

"The known suspect, who is a prisoner from the Blair County Jail, was at Central Court for Court proceedings when he disarmed the victim, Corrections Officer Rhonda Jean RUSSELL, of her firearm and a struggle ensued," state police wrote in a description of the incident. A corrections officer in Pennsylvania was shot and killed Wednesday after she was disarmed by an inmate, and a law enforcement officer attempting to aid her fired a weapon, police said. Above, a view of police care in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania, on June 30.that during the incident, an Altoona police officer had arrived on the scene in an attempt to aid Russell.

 

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