The shooting was reported around 11 a.m.

An inmate who was being taken from the Pottawattamie County Jail escaped Monday morning, killing one deputy and injuring two other people. The shooting was reported around 11 a.m. Dep. Mark Burbridge, a 12-year veteran of the Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Department, was taken to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, according to KETV. KETV reports the suspect, believed to be Wesley Correa-Carmenaty, was involved in a carjacking at 5825 North 30th Street in Omaha, Douglas County dispatchers said. According to Iowa court records, he plead guilty and was supposed to be sentenced Monday at 10 a.m. Police said he carjacked someone and drove to Omaha, before carjacking another person near 30th and Laurel. Correa-Carmenaty then led police on a high-speed chase before crashing near 24th and Cuming just before 11:30 a.m. Correa-Carmenaty was in a black Nissan Sentra with Iowa license plates. He has been taken into custody, and was conscious and alert when authorities captured him. Schools in Council Bluffs were briefly placed on lockdown during the incident. Check the KCCI News App and KCCI 8 News for updates on this developing story.

An inmate who was being taken from the Pottawattamie County Jail escaped Monday morning, killing one deputy and injuring two other people.

The shooting was reported around 11 a.m.


Dep. Mark Burbridge, a 12-year veteran of the Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Department, was taken to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, according to KETV.



KETV reports the suspect, believed to be Wesley Correa-Carmenaty, was involved in a carjacking at 5825 North 30th Street in Omaha, Douglas County dispatchers said.

According to Iowa court records, he plead guilty and was supposed to be sentenced Monday at 10 a.m.

Police said he carjacked someone and drove to Omaha, before carjacking another person near 30th and Laurel.

Correa-Carmenaty then led police on a high-speed chase before crashing near 24th and Cuming just before 11:30 a.m.

Correa-Carmenaty was in a black Nissan Sentra with Iowa license plates.

He has been taken into custody, and was conscious and alert when authorities captured him.

Schools in Council Bluffs were briefly placed on lockdown during the incident.

Check the KCCI News App and KCCI 8 News for updates on this developing story.

