Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, is shown on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Three Idaho corrections officers were shot as a suspect staged a brazen attack to break Skylar Meade, a prison inmate out of the Boise hospital overnight. Two of the officers were shot by the suspect early Wednesday. The third was shot and wounded by a police officer when police mistook the correctional officer for the suspect. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP)
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, is shown on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Three Idaho corrections officers were shot as a suspect staged a brazen attack to break Skylar Meade, a prison inmate out of the Boise hospital overnight. Two of the officers were shot by the suspect early Wednesday. The third was shot and wounded by a police officer when police mistook the correctional officer for the suspect. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP)
A police vehicle is parked outside Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Three Idaho corrections officers were shot as a suspect staged a brazen attack to break Skylar Meade, a prison inmate out of the Boise hospital overnight. Two of the officers were shot by the suspect early Wednesday. The third was shot and wounded by a police officer when police mistook the correctional officer for the suspect. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP)
This photo provided by Boise Police Dept. shows surveillance video of a vehicle near the scene of a shooting at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Wednesday, March 20 2024 in Boise, Idaho. Three correctional officers were shot, two by a suspect and one by responding police, during a brazen overnight attack to break Skylar Mead, a prison inmate, out of an Idaho hospital, authorities said Wednesday. (Boise Police Dept. via AP).
CORRECTS SPELLING OF NAME: This photo provided by Idaho Department of Corrections shows Skylar Meade. Three correctional officers were shot, two by a suspect and one by responding police, during a brazen overnight attack to break Mead, a prison inmate, out of an Idaho hospital, authorities said Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (Idaho Department of Corrections via AP)
This photo provided by Boise Police Dept., shows Skylar Meade. Three correctional officers were shot, two by a suspect and one by responding police, during a brazen overnight attack to break Mead, a prison inmate, out of an Idaho hospital, authorities said Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (Boise Police Dept. via AP)
This image provided by Boise Police Department shows Nicholas Umphenour, who has been identified by police as the man suspected of shooting corrections officers at a Boise hospital in an overnight attack Wednesday, March 20, 2024, to free an inmate. A warrant with a $2 million bond has been issued for Umphenour’s arrest on two charges of aggravated battery against law enforcement and one charge of aiding and abetting an escape, police said. (Boise Police Department via AP)
This image provided by Boise Police Department shows Nicholas Umphenour, who has been identified by police as the man suspected of shooting corrections officers at a Boise hospital in an overnight attack Wednesday, March 20, 2024, to free an inmate. A warrant with a $2 million bond has been issued for Umphenour’s arrest on two charges of aggravated battery against law enforcement and one charge of aiding and abetting an escape, police said. (Boise Police Department via AP)
CORRECTS SPELLING OF NAME: This undated photo provided by City of Boise, Id. shows Skylar Meade. Three correctional officers were shot, two by a suspect and one by responding police, during a brazen overnight attack to break Mead, a prison inmate, out of an Idaho hospital, authorities said Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (City of Boise via AP)
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, is shown on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Three Idaho corrections officers were shot as a suspect staged a brazen attack to break Skylar Meade, a prison inmate out of the Boise hospital overnight. Two of the officers were shot by the suspect early Wednesday. The third was shot and wounded by a police officer when police mistook the correctional officer for the suspect. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP)
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, is shown on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Three Idaho corrections officers were shot as a suspect staged a brazen attack to break Skylar Meade, a prison inmate out of the Boise hospital overnight. Two of the officers were shot by the suspect early Wednesday. The third was shot and wounded by a police officer when police mistook the correctional officer for the suspect. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP)
A police vehicle is parked outside Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Three Idaho corrections officers were shot as a suspect staged a brazen attack to break Skylar Meade, a prison inmate out of the Boise hospital overnight. Two of the officers were shot by the suspect early Wednesday. The third was shot and wounded by a police officer when police mistook the correctional officer for the suspect. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP)
This photo provided by Boise Police Dept. shows surveillance video of a vehicle near the scene of a shooting at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Wednesday, March 20 2024 in Boise, Idaho. Three correctional officers were shot, two by a suspect and one by responding police, during a brazen overnight attack to break Skylar Mead, a prison inmate, out of an Idaho hospital, authorities said Wednesday. (Boise Police Dept. via AP).
CORRECTS SPELLING OF NAME: This photo provided by Idaho Department of Corrections shows Skylar Meade. Three correctional officers were shot, two by a suspect and one by responding police, during a brazen overnight attack to break Mead, a prison inmate, out of an Idaho hospital, authorities said Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (Idaho Department of Corrections via AP)
This photo provided by Boise Police Dept., shows Skylar Meade. Three correctional officers were shot, two by a suspect and one by responding police, during a brazen overnight attack to break Mead, a prison inmate, out of an Idaho hospital, authorities said Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (Boise Police Dept. via AP)
This image provided by Boise Police Department shows Nicholas Umphenour, who has been identified by police as the man suspected of shooting corrections officers at a Boise hospital in an overnight attack Wednesday, March 20, 2024, to free an inmate. A warrant with a $2 million bond has been issued for Umphenour’s arrest on two charges of aggravated battery against law enforcement and one charge of aiding and abetting an escape, police said. (Boise Police Department via AP)
This image provided by Boise Police Department shows Nicholas Umphenour, who has been identified by police as the man suspected of shooting corrections officers at a Boise hospital in an overnight attack Wednesday, March 20, 2024, to free an inmate. A warrant with a $2 million bond has been issued for Umphenour’s arrest on two charges of aggravated battery against law enforcement and one charge of aiding and abetting an escape, police said. (Boise Police Department via AP)
CORRECTS SPELLING OF NAME: This undated photo provided by City of Boise, Id. shows Skylar Meade. Three correctional officers were shot, two by a suspect and one by responding police, during a brazen overnight attack to break Mead, a prison inmate, out of an Idaho hospital, authorities said Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (City of Boise via AP)
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, is shown on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Three Idaho corrections officers were shot as a suspect staged a brazen attack to break Skylar Meade, a prison inmate out of the Boise hospital overnight. Two of the officers were shot by the suspect early Wednesday. The third was shot and wounded by a police officer when police mistook the correctional officer for the suspect. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP)
Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, is shown on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Three Idaho corrections officers were shot as a suspect staged a brazen attack to break Skylar Meade, a prison inmate out of the Boise hospital overnight. Two of the officers were shot by the suspect early Wednesday. The third was shot and wounded by a police officer when police mistook the correctional officer for the suspect. (Sarah A. Miller/Idaho Statesman via AP)
Police on Thursday arrested two white supremacist gang members — an Idaho prison inmate and the accomplice who helped him escape — following an attack on corrections officers at a Boise hospital, and investigators are looking into whether they killed two people while on the run.
Skylar Meade, the escaped inmate, and Nicholas Umphenour, the man who police say shot two Idaho corrections officersearly ...
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