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The attack and escape happened at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center as inmate Skylar Meade was being discharged from the hospital just after 2 a.m. and another person began shooting, Josh Tewalt, director of the Idaho Department of Correction, said at an afternoon news conference.
The shooting was “a brazen attempt to get Meade out of custody,” Boise Police Department Chief Ron Winegar said at the news conference.
Meade and the suspected shooter got into a gray four-door sedan, a 2020 Honda Civic with license plate number 2TDF43U, and fled the area just before police officers arrived, according to the chief.
One of the officers wounded by the suspect is in critical but stable condition, according to the chief. The other two have non-life-threatening injuries, he said.
The alleged shooter was identified in a police news release Wednesday evening as Nicholas Umphenour.
Meade was sentenced in October 2016 for aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer with a firearm, has many prior convictions, and is a documented gang member with ties to the Aryan Knights, Winegar said. He was due to be released in 2036.
The shooting was “a brazen attempt to get Meade out of custody,” Boise Police Department Chief Ron Winegar said at the news conference.
Meade and the suspected shooter got into a gray four-door sedan, a 2020 Honda Civic with license plate number 2TDF43U, and fled the area just before police officers arrived, according to the chief.
One of the officers wounded by the suspect is in critical but stable condition, according to the chief. The other two have non-life-threatening injuries, he said.
The alleged shooter was identified in a police news release Wednesday evening as Nicholas Umphenour.
Meade was sentenced in October 2016 for aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer with a firearm, has many prior convictions, and is a documented gang member with ties to the Aryan Knights, Winegar said. He was due to be released in 2036.