Ruben Becerra also is calling for the release all body camera footage within 10 days of the shooting.
Inmates watch television, read books, play games and do their own thing Dec. 18, 2018, at the Hays County Jail in San Marcos. Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra is calling for transparency after a guard killed an inmate at a Kyle hospital.Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra is calling for answers and transparency after a guard killed an inmate this week at a Kyle hospital.
The county jail inmate, identified Tuesday as 36-year-old Joshua Leon Wright, was shot and killed Monday by a Hays County corrections officer who was guarding him as he received medical treatment at Seton Hospital in Kyle. According to a news release from the Hays County Sheriff’s Office on Monday evening, Wright attempted to escape, then “assaulted the corrections officer and ran on foot through the emergency room.”
The officer then shot the inmate, according to the news release. Medical staff “immediately started life saving measures,” but Wright died, the release said.Becerra, whom voters re-elected last month to another four-year term as county judge, released a statement Tuesday saying he was saddened by the loss of life and calling for “urgent answers” about the shooting for the people of Hays County.
Becerra cited unspecified “reports circulating” about the incident, including that Wright “had his feet shackled, that he was shot in the back, multiple times,” and that a stun gun was available but not used in the incident.Charley Wilkison, the executive director of Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, posed on Facebook that Wright “attacked deputy, moved toward sharp medical instruments, began running toward hospital staff/civilians” before the “deputy” discharged his firearm.
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