HAGERSTOWN, Md., Jan. 26 (UPI) -- A Maryland prison guard was in critical condition Thursday after being shot in the head with his own gun allegedly by an inmate he was guarding in a hospital.
The incident happened around 5 a.m. at Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown, Md., as the corrections officer was working an overtime shift, the Baltimore Sun reported.
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The identities of the guard and suspect were not immediately available.
A source told the newspaper the inmate allegedly then bolted outside, stole a taxi, and drove 5 miles north into Pennsylvania, where he crashed the cab. He then fled on foot back into Hagerstown and was apprehended at an industrial complex.
