Two detention officers were escorting the suspect -- a heightened protocol after the inmate had previously attempted a failed escape from jail, authorities said.

A federal inmate escaped from custody at a medical clinic in western North Carolina and fatally shot a detention officer with his own gun Monday, then fled in a stolen vehicle before being captured in another county,

A detention officer was fatally shot with his own gun on June 30 as a federal inmate escaped from custody at a medical clinic in western North Carolina, a sheriff said. The inmate had been taken to an orthopedics office in Murphy for undisclosed treatment when a scuffle began.