Authorities are searching for a white supremacist Idaho prison inmate and an accomplice who fled after the accomplice shot and wounded corrections officers as they were transporting the inmate from a Boise hospital, according to police.
Authorities are searching for a white supremacist Idaho prison inmate and an accomplice who fled after the accomplice shot and wounded corrections officers as they were transporting the inmate from a Boise hospital, according to police.
Police said Nicholas Umphenour is suspected of shooting two corrections officers during Wednesday’s ambush in the ambulance bay at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center.
A warrant with a $2 million bond has been issued for his arrest on two charges of aggravated battery against law enforcement and one charge of aiding and abetting an escape, police said.
He and inmate Skylar Meade drove off early Wednesday after the shooting in a gray 2020 Honda Civic with Idaho plates.
It’s not known where they are or where they are headed, police said Wednesday evening.
Three corrections officers were shot and wounded during the attack — two allegedly by Umphenour and one by responding police.
Officials described Meade, 31, as a white supremacist gang member.
Meade was sentenced to 20 years in 2017 for shooting at a sheriff’s sergeant during a high-speed chase.
The attack occurred at 2:15 a.m. as Idaho Department of Correction officers prepared to bring Meade back to prison.
Department Director Josh Tewalt said during a news conference Wednesday afternoon that Meade was taken to the hospital at 9:35 p.m.
Tuesday after he engaged in “self-injurious behavior” and medical staff determined he needed emergency care.
