Prisoner who escaped from Maryland hospital dies following shootout

Thursday, January 3, 2008

LAUREL, Md. -- An inmate who escaped from a hospital Wednesday, briefly taking a worker hostage and stealing two getaway cars, was captured and killed by police hours later in a cemetery, authorities said.

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