First time reading article, I missed ref to suspect taking gun from deputy, or maybe it was added in update.
I wondered if s
omeone had carried firearm past ct bldg security & passed it to him. Apparently not.
Link
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/crime/sho...ouse/269776304, updated a few min ago, from
Tricia's first post of thread,
Sheriff "
...Bailey said, adding the suspect was an in-custody inmate....A Berrien County Commissioner told WZZM's ABC affiliate WBND reporter Vahid Sadrzadeh on scene that a man who was on his way to jail took a gun off a deputy and started opening fire." bbm
Appears sequence of events was -
- 'suspect' was already in Sheriff's custody in Co jail;
- he was escorted him ct room;
- he made ct appearance; {{Any word on
what the charge was? What his
prior arrests & any convictions were?}}
- he was being escorted back to jail; {{{Was he
still in ct room? Or out of ct room?}}
- he then took gun from a deputy and shot 2 bailiffs who died, shot one deputy who survived;
- he died.
RIP to the deceased; thoughts & prayers to their families, friends, and communities.
Wishing speedy & complete healing to the injured deputy.
{{ETA: per post by cg777, he was
handcuffed. If so, he must have been pretty agile and fast. True whether cuffed in front or back.}}}