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According to Sequatchie County Sheriff Bill Phillips, 33-year-old Cody Ray Higdon was taken back into custody after he tried to escape from the Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital and was shot by
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking into the shooting of an inmate by a Sequatchie County correctional officer after the man allegedly attempted to flee a medical facility in Bledsoe County on Friday.
Gov. Bill Lee will be designating the North Chickamauga Creek Gorge State Natural Area as one of four new Tennessee state parks and is asking lawmakers for $776,300 in his proposed fiscal year 2023-24 budget to provide for a park manager, three park rangers and five other staffers for the 7,093-acre area near Soddy-Daisy.
Officials in Tennessee said an inmate was transported to the hospital after attempting to flee custody and then were shot in the process. Officials are investigating the shooting.
An inmate from the Sequatchie County Jail had been transported to a Pikeville hospital in Bledsoe County for medical reasons, but allegedly attempted to run after receiving treatment.