Hays Country sheriff's deputy indicted on deadly misconduct charge for hospital shooting
A former Hays County sheriff's deputy who allegedly shot and killed an inmate who tried to escape while being treated at a hospital was charged with deadly conduct by a grand jury on Thursday, the Express-News reports. Then-Deputy Isaiah Garcia was guarding suspect Joshua Wright on Dec. 12 at the Ascension Seton Hays Hospital in Kyle, located 20 minutes south of Austin, when Wright allegedly tried to escape, according to the daily. Officials with the Hays County Sheriff's Office have said Wright lunged toward dangerous medical tools, prompting Garcia to shoot, according to an earlier Express-News report.
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