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Updated Wednesday, August 23 at 11:58 AM
Jackson Co. deputy failed to follow protocol
by The Associated Press
JEFFERSON - The Jackson County sheriff says a deputy shot with his own gun during an escape attempt at the county courthouse did not follow protocol when he left his gun in a van used to transport inmates.
Deputy Kimsey Gray was shot three times yesteray when 28-year-old Timothy Lemar Jones grabbed his gun and attempted to flee in the van. Deputies responding to a call for help from Gray shot Jones, who died early today at Athens Regional Medical Center. Gray remains in stable condition at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.
Sheriff Stan Evans said Gray was supposed to put his gun in a lockbox in the courthouse's secure port because firearms are not allowed in the building. Instead, the gun was left in the van that Gray used to drive four inmates from the county jail to the courthouse.
The shooting occurred later when Jones was being put back in the van for his return to jail after his arraignment on an armed robbery charge. Evans says that after shooting Gray, Jones took his keys and drove the van, which held three other inmates, out of the secure port underneath the courthouse.
After Jones was shot, the van crashed into a chainlink fence just outside the courthouse.
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Updated Wednesday, August 23 at 11:58 AM
Jackson Co. deputy failed to follow protocol
by The Associated Press
JEFFERSON - The Jackson County sheriff says a deputy shot with his own gun during an escape attempt at the county courthouse did not follow protocol when he left his gun in a van used to transport inmates.
Deputy Kimsey Gray was shot three times yesteray when 28-year-old Timothy Lemar Jones grabbed his gun and attempted to flee in the van. Deputies responding to a call for help from Gray shot Jones, who died early today at Athens Regional Medical Center. Gray remains in stable condition at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta.
Sheriff Stan Evans said Gray was supposed to put his gun in a lockbox in the courthouse's secure port because firearms are not allowed in the building. Instead, the gun was left in the van that Gray used to drive four inmates from the county jail to the courthouse.
The shooting occurred later when Jones was being put back in the van for his return to jail after his arraignment on an armed robbery charge. Evans says that after shooting Gray, Jones took his keys and drove the van, which held three other inmates, out of the secure port underneath the courthouse.
After Jones was shot, the van crashed into a chainlink fence just outside the courthouse.
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