This POS killed 15 years ago.
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Chaplain's Arm Nearly Severed in Attack by Death Row Inmate
Chaplain's Arm Nearly Severed in Attack by Death Row Inmate
The Associated Press
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A death row inmate attacked a 78-year-old volunteer chaplain Friday, nearly severing the minister's right arm, authorities said.
William Paul Westbrook was doing volunteer ministry on death row when he was attacked by Juan Soria, 33, who is facing execution next month for a 1985 robbery-slaying in Fort Worth, Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Larry Fitzgerald said.
"The inmate pulled the chaplain's arm into the cell, tied a sheet around the arm and pulled the arm into the cell up to the elbow," Fitzgerald said. "Then he took out two razor blades and started cutting."
Officers at the Terrell Unit, which houses some 460 condemned men, responded to the commotion late Friday morning but Soria refused to back off until they fired gas into the cell.
Westbrook was transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, about 75 miles to the southwest, for additional treatment.
His condition and prognosis were not immediately available, hospital officials said.
Courtesy of poster Bonaparte – Soria’s Rap sheet:
http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/statistics/deathrow/drowlist/soria.jpg
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Chaplain's Arm Nearly Severed in Attack by Death Row Inmate
Chaplain's Arm Nearly Severed in Attack by Death Row Inmate
The Associated Press
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A death row inmate attacked a 78-year-old volunteer chaplain Friday, nearly severing the minister's right arm, authorities said.
William Paul Westbrook was doing volunteer ministry on death row when he was attacked by Juan Soria, 33, who is facing execution next month for a 1985 robbery-slaying in Fort Worth, Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Larry Fitzgerald said.
"The inmate pulled the chaplain's arm into the cell, tied a sheet around the arm and pulled the arm into the cell up to the elbow," Fitzgerald said. "Then he took out two razor blades and started cutting."
Officers at the Terrell Unit, which houses some 460 condemned men, responded to the commotion late Friday morning but Soria refused to back off until they fired gas into the cell.
Westbrook was transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, about 75 miles to the southwest, for additional treatment.
His condition and prognosis were not immediately available, hospital officials said.
Courtesy of poster Bonaparte – Soria’s Rap sheet:
http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/statistics/deathrow/drowlist/soria.jpg