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To the courthouse was uneventful. >> as they were exiting the court and getting into the security van to come back the inmates wife drove up behind the van and jumped out with a weapon and to assist in getting her husband to escape and she he shot officer morgan and they did escape. >> not wearing a bulletproof vest, officer morgan was killed. >> it was probably around 9:30, quarter 'til 10:00 and we were listening on the radio and a whole lot wasn't coming over but we all started realizing there was something majorly wrong. i was shocked. usually we don't show our feelings here at work but on...

Really knew him and watched him real close. >> for officer morgan, the trip to the courthouse was uneventful. >> as they was exiting the court and getting in the security van to come back, the inmate's wife drove up behind the van and she jumped out with a weapon to assist in getting her husband to escape. and she shot officer morgan. and they did escape. >> not wearing a bulletproof vest, officer morgan was killed. >> it was probably around about 9:30, quarter till 10:00. and we were just listening on the radio, which a whole lot wasn't coming over. but we all started realizing there was some...

Close. >> for officer morgan the trip to the courthouse was uneventful. as they were exiting the court and getting in the security van to come back, the inmate's wife drove up behind the van and she jumped out with a weapon. to assist in getting her husband to escape, and she shot officer morgan and they did escape. >> not wearing awe bulletproof vest, officer morgan was killed. >> it was probably around about 9:30, quarter till 10:00, and we was listening on the radio, and a whole lot wasn't coming over. we all started realizing that there was something majorly wrong. i was shot. usually we d...

And getting in the security van to come back, the inmate's wife drove up behind the van and she jumped out with a weapon to assist in getting her husband to escape. and she shot officer morgan. and they did escape. >> not wearing a bulletproof vest, officer morgan was killed. >> it was probably around about 9:30, quarter till 10:00. we were listening on the radio, which a whole lot wasn't coming over. we all started realizing there was something majorly wrong. i was shocked. usually we don't show our feelings here at work. but on that day on august 9th, we -- not too many people had control. >...

>> prison officials believe that an advance phone call made by a brushy mountain inmate ultimately led to the killing of veteran officer wayne cotton morgan. >> his job was to transport inmates in and out of the facility to outside locations, to other facilities, to court, to hospital runs, to funeral visits. and his main function was a transportation officer. >> one year prior to our visit, officer morgan was assigned to take inmate george hyatte to the roane county courthouse. >> i knew the inmate for several years here at the institution. he wasn't your common, everyday inmate. he was very ...