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Cherokee County inmate's escape leads to detention officer's death, car chase

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The shooter was a federal inmate, Kelvin Simmons, who escaped from an Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital facility in Murphy. Simmons killed a detention officer.

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Cherokee County inmate's escape leads to detention officer's death, car chase

The shooter was a federal inmate, Kelvin Simmons, who escaped from an Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital facility in Murphy. Simmons killed a detention officer.

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WLOS broke the news in on Monday, June 30, 2025.
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