1 of 4 Fugitives Caught
October 11, 2004
MT. VERNON, Ga. (AP) -- The (Georgia) state Department of Corrections says one of four inmates who escaped from a south Georgia prison over the weekend was wounded during a burglary attempt in Birmingham, Alabama, and has been captured.
Spokeswoman Scheree Libscomb says 30-year-old Tracy O. Mullins, who was serving at least three years for firearms possession and other offenses, is in the intensive care unit at the University of Alabama at Birmingham hospital after being shot this morning.
Libscomb says the other fugitives were with Mullins but escaped. She says Mullins was not identified until later in the day.
Libscomb says Mullins was shot by the person who lived at the residence.
The men escaped from medium-security Montgomery State Prison on Saturday in Mount Vernon by cutting a hole through a security fence. Earlier, officials said the men may have left the area in a stolen truck. The men are from northwest Georgia. Mount Vernon is 150 miles southeast of Atlanta.
Besides Mullins, Lipscomb identified the escaped inmates as 19-year-old Joshua J. Thompson, who was serving an 18-year sentence for voluntary manslaughter; 21-year-old Joseph M. Lee Junior, serving at least 12 years for armed robbery and other offenses, and 22-year-old Micah D. Sheer, who was serving 17 years for aggravated assault and burglary.
