HUDSON COUNTY — A corrections officer at the Hudson County Correctional Facility in Kearny shot an inmate of the jail at the East Orange General Medical Center, where the officer was escorting the inmate for medical treatment, sources said.
Hudson County officials claimed the inmate was allegedly trying to escape.
While officials said earlier in the day that the man was treated for his wound at the hospital, a later report on NJ.Com said he was shot dead.