An inmate upset by a judge's ruling grabbed a corrections officer's gun inside a North Carolina courtroom Wednesday and shot the officer in the arm, and then was killed as he struggled with other law enforcement officers. Already serving 56 years for convictions on attempted murder and other crimes, Willie Forrest was in court to face charges related to a 2002 home invasion and slaying. After a 2003 kidnapping conviction, Forrest attacked his lawyer in a courtroom, fracturing the attorney's skull.
July 13, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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An inmate upset by a judge’s ruling grabbed a corrections officer’s gun inside a North Carolina courtroom Wednesday and shot him, then was killed as he struggled with other law enforcement officers.
Willie Forrest, a 37-year-old inmate already serving 56 years in prison for convictions on attempted murder and other crimes, was in court Wednesday to face a murder and other charges in the September 2002 home invasion and slaying of Garysburg, N.C., businessman John Hicks.
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