Sad News Out Of Georgia This Morning: 2 guards killed by inmates during bus transport

[blues]

2 guards killed by inmates during bus transport in Georgia (https://apnews.com/c4412f77edfd439f8236ef6b3112c7ee/Prison-guards-killed-by-inmates-during-transport-in-Georgia)

[Peally]

Good hunting to those involved.

[TGS]

Go get'em boys.

[blues]

Good hunting to those involved.

Amen. Hope they only bring back their remains.

[JHC]

A couple of our PF members are in close neighboring jurisdictions. I know they are ready.

[blues]

Additional info... (https://apnews.com/c4412f77edfd439f8236ef6b3112c7ee/Fugitives-in-guard-shootings-'dangerous-beyond-description')

...and from Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-georgia-inmates-idUSKBN1941OT)...


I hope these scum meet a painful and agonizing end.

[jlw]

I'm hip deep in this one. I grew up in the area where this happened and have been working with the SO there on getting information out. A bunch of children from my county are at camp there; so, I went and patrolled the area around the camp until we confirmed that the escapees were well north of the area. The manhunt is still underway.

[blues]

I'm hip deep in this one. I grew up in the area where this happened and have been working with the SO there on getting information out. A bunch of children from my county are at camp there; so, I went and patrolled the area around the camp until we confirmed that the escapees were well north of the area. The manhunt is still underway.

Be careful out there, Chief. Our thoughts are with you...only wish I could lend a hand.

We'll be watching for 'em in western NC.

[GuanoLoco]

I'm hip deep in this one. I grew up in the area where this happened and have been working with the SO there on getting information out. A bunch of children from my county are at camp there; so, I went and patrolled the area around the camp until we confirmed that the escapees were well north of the area. The manhunt is still underway.

Good luck.

[psalms144.1]

Prayers out for peaceful rest for the fallen and for the comfort of their families and friends.

Chief - go get 'em - and make sure no one else on our side of this fight gets hurt!

[Hambo]

RIP brothers, and good hunting to all involved.

[SeriousStudent]

My thoughts and prayers are with the murdered officers, their family and friends.

Good luck and good hunting to the searchers, may you quickly find those you seek.

[Rex G]

I am saddened to see this. May the fallen rest in peace. Prayers to follow for the fallen, their families, and for those hunting.

[Lon]

RIP, Brothers

For my other Brothers involved in the search, Happy Hunting.

[WobblyPossum]

Good hunting.


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[GuanoLoco]

Good hunting.


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In my professional and personal life I don't hang around a lot of hard cases. You have to really ask yourself, what is, or is not. going through the minds of A couple of dudes willing to hang "shoot me now or else" signs on their backs.

Thank you to those who have made the hard decision to deal with this kind of crap so that I hopefully never have to.

[LockedBreech]

Unleash hell. Reading about this one made me sick.

[Robert Mitchum]

I was working transportation during an attempted escape ... when I was a rookie in the DOC.
That is the most dangerous part of the job .

My heart sank when my Wife told me about this today ...
If anyone knows of a collection for the CO's families please post it or send me a private message.

[LSP552]

RIP Brothers. Good luck to the hunters!

[blues]

Latest info I could find... (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/06/14/hunt-intensifies-for-escaped-inmates-called-dangerous-beyond-belief.html)

[GuanoLoco]

Up to $90K. Is that Dead or Alive?

[Kyle Reese]

Good hunting.

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[blues]

Possible but unconfirmed sighting in SC (http://www.wyff4.com/article/escaped-convicts-possibly-spotted-in-south-carolina-sheriff-says/10028999)

[jlw]

The escapees were captured a short time ago in TN.

[jlw]

Dead or Alive?

That's a Bon Jovi song; it's not a thing other than in movies and history books.

[HCountyGuy]

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[SeriousStudent]

The escapees were captured a short time ago in TN.

Outstanding, I hope no good folks were injured in the process.

I also hope the Devil has an extra bag of coal for the furnace when they arrive in his lobby.

[RJ]

The escapees were captured a short time ago in TN.

Outfreaking standing.


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[blues]

That's great news. This has really been wearing on me.

[TC215]

We have a PF member that works for the agency that caught them in Middle TN. Excellent work.

[blues]

We have a PF member that works for the agency that caught them in Middle TN. Excellent work.

I'm looking forward to finding out more about the capture.

I think part of the reason why this hits home so much is that several years ago a former colleague was murdered by Brian Nichols (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Nichols) when he escaped from the courthouse in Atlanta.

[Lon]

Is it wrong that I had wished they had decided to end their own lives rather than be captured?

[Peally]

Damn shame they survived.

[GuanoLoco]

That's a Bon Jovi song; it's not a thing other than in movies and history books.

Killjoy.

[peterb]

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/16/533168980/escaped-ga-inmates-who-killed-2-guards-captured-in-tennessee-police-say

An alert homeowner with a gun assisted.

[Jim Watson]

That part seems to be awful slow to leak out.

[Robinson]

That's good news, except for them still being alive. I'm glad they didn't hurt anyone else.

[blues]

Just saw a link to this article (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/06/16/hero-homeowner-holds-escaped-georgia-inmates-at-gunpoint-until-arrests.html) in the "shootings in the news" thread.

Great work by the homeowner and his neighbor and an excellent example of the 2A in action.

I hope they live to regret every single additional second of their miserable lives.


http://a57.foxnews.com/images.foxnews.com/content/fox-news/us/2017/06/16/hero-homeowner-holds-escaped-georgia-inmates-at-gunpoint-until-arrests/_jcr_content/par/featured_image/media-0.img.jpg/876/493/1497587119429.jpg?ve=1&tl=1

http://a57.foxnews.com/images.foxnews.com/content/fox-news/us/2017/06/16/hero-homeowner-holds-escaped-georgia-inmates-at-gunpoint-until-arrests/_jcr_content/article-text/article-par-3/embed_image/image.img.jpg/612/344/1497587234568.jpg?ve=1&tl=1

The fallen:

http://a57.foxnews.com/images.foxnews.com/content/fox-news/us/2017/06/16/hero-homeowner-holds-escaped-georgia-inmates-at-gunpoint-until-arrests/_jcr_content/article-text/article-par-5/embed_image/image.img.jpg/612/344/1497587253447.jpg?ve=1&tl=1

[voodoo_man]

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/16/533168980/escaped-ga-inmates-who-killed-2-guards-captured-in-tennessee-police-say

An alert homeowner with a gun assisted.

Doing a solid service for his community, he should get a medal.

[JHC]

I hope they pay the homeowner who held them the $130K.

[rojocorsa]

Is it wrong that I had wished they had decided to end their own lives rather than be captured?


I wish they'd have gone to the dance with Lady 12ga, but that's just me. It's the south and 12ga seems appropriate.

[jlw]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rz-Wd6KYdQ

The homeowner has issued a statement. He never held them at gunpoint, and he was trying to escape the scene with his daughter. The escapees surrendered, he believes, because his car looks like a police car.

[Ed L]

The homeowner has issued a statement. He never held them at gunpoint, and he was trying to escape the scene with his daughter. The escapees surrendered, he believes, because his car looks like a police car.


Weird situation. If I follow the story correctly, the criminals were previously armed with weapons that they took from the guards they killed but lost them in a car wreck? Is this correct?

The guy interviewed mentioned that he had loaded every gun in his house after getting a call that these guys were in the area. Then he saw them climbing over a barbed wire fence a few hundred yards behind his house and had the choice of between getting in his car and leaving or locking himself and his daughter in the panic room in his house. The fact that he had something he referred to as a panic room indicated he had given some forethought having to defend himself in his home.

Also, the guy interviewed mentioned that he had another car--a truck with a loaded shotgun in it and the keys in it in the front of his house that he was hoping that the criminals would not go to. This was separate from the car that he was in that he said resembled a police car.

It sounds like he really lucked out.

I normally would not want to be interviewed or have my face show up in the press or on the news, but I can understand that this guy came forth to set the record straight that he did not hold the guys at gunpoint as the media claimed, and that it bothered him to be hailed as a hero for something didn't do.

[HCountyGuy]

Weird situation. If I follow the story correctly, the criminals were previously armed with weapons that they took from the guards they killed but lost them in a car wreck? Is this correct?

The guy interviewed mentioned that he had loaded every gun in his house after getting a call that these guys were in the area. Then he saw them climbing over a barbed wire fence a few hundred yards behind his house and had the choice of between getting in his car and leaving or locking himself and his daughter in the panic room in his house. The fact that he had something he referred to as a panic room indicated he had given some forethought having to defend himself in his home.

Also, the guy interviewed mentioned that he had another car--a truck with a loaded shotgun in it and the keys in it in the front of his house that he was hoping that the criminals would not go to. This was separate from the car that he was in that he said resembled a police car.

It sounds like he really lucked out.

I normally would not want to be interviewed or have my face show up in the press or on the news, but I can understand that this guy came forth to set the record straight that he did not hold the guys at gunpoint as the media claimed, and that it bothered him to be hailed as a hero for something didn't do.

I don't know that I'd open my mouth about such careless conduct as leaving loaded weapons lying around unsecured, especially in my vehicles which have the keys in them.

Kudos to him for helping nab these bastards.

[Ed L]

I don't know that I'd open my mouth about such careless conduct as leaving loaded weapons lying around unsecured, especially in my vehicles which have the keys in them.

Kudos to him for helping nab these bastards.

I agree. If the criminals came across that truck first they would have hopped in it and gotten away and been armed to boot.

My take was that the guy was very nervous and scared and not thinking well and probably set it up that way so he could jump in either car quickly and run away.

I'd rather keep my car keys and gun on my person in a situation like that. I don't think what he did was well thought out and he happened to luck his way out of the situation.

Maybe I am being an ass for saying so, but the feeling I got from him in the interview is that he wasn't ready to go Doc Holiday if need be.