News Roundup

As WLOS reports, a man who fired shots at a law enforcement officer in downtown Asheville on Tuesday morning was shot and killed by deputies who were at the Buncombe County Courthouse and responded to the nearby scene.  Shane Tilman Kent was killed after shooting a 9mm handgun from inside a parked vehicle near the courthouse.  One sheriff’s office lieutenant involved in the incident sustained injuries to his arm, either from a bullet or broken glass from the car Kent was in when he was shot.  The SBI now is assisting in the investigation.  Keep reading for more news. Federal Prisons.  This week the Federal Bureau of Prisons announced that it would confine the entire population of federal prisoners to their cells for fourteen days in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus in the prison system.  The Associated Press reports that the move comes after three inmates have died and many others have been hospitalized at FCC Oakdale, a prison in Louisiana.  More than a dozen staff members at the prison also have tested positive, with one hospitalized and in intensive care.  Severe staffing shortages in the federal prison system are compounding the strain caused by the virus, with the AP report saying that some employees at Oakdale are working 32 hours straight to fill scheduling gaps. State Prisons.  The Charlotte Observer reports that inmates and employees at various prisons in North Carolina have now been diagnosed with COVID-19.  Two inmates at Neuse Correctional Institution along with an [...]