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<v 0>I have the tragic responsibility of informing you about a death of one of our</v>

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deputies today.

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It was an escape attempt at the cjc Union Justice Campus.

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A prisoner was being returned from a hospital visit when the prisoner

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made the escape attempt and attacked our deputy. During that period of time,

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he nearly died, was transported here to the hospital where he was declared dead.

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John Durham's been with us for nearly 40 years, about 38 years.

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He's got an extended family in law enforcement. His wife works for us.

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His son just started as a detention deputy about a month ago.

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He is going through the training academy.

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He's got other family members that retired from our department and went over to

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our sister agency at I M P D and retired from there.

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<v 1>Like the sheriff said, at around 11:30 AM this morning,</v>

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deputy Durham was returning from Eskenazi Hospital with the prisoner who

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needed, uh, medical attention when he was attacked, uh,

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outside of the cjc. Uh,

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that suspect then was able to get into the jail wagon,

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drive it through, uh,

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I believe through the gates of the criminal justice complex. He crashed into a,

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a utility pole in the 3000 block of Prospect Avenue.

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He was quickly apprehended by Marion County Sheriff's deputies with the

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assistance of I M P D officers.

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E m s, like the sheriff said, transported the deputy here to Eskenazi Hospital,

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where he was pronounced deceased. Um, he will get all the honors, uh,

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fitting a fallen hero, and those will start here at the hospital. Um,

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this afternoon,

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the suspect received minor injuries, uh,

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and was transported also to Eskenazi Hospital. Uh, and, uh,

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he will be released to, uh, a jail at some point in the near future.

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Uh, his name will be released at some point in the near future.

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I just don't think this is the appropriate place, uh, because what our,

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all of our attention needs to be on Deputy Durham and not the person that we

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believe is responsible for this act. I wanna make something clear.

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The investigation to this point shows clearly that this was an intentional act

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of homicide, and it'll be investigated as such.