Grady County officials consider changes after woman shoots deputy with his own gun
Officials are looking to change security measures inside their patrol cars.
Officials are looking to change security measures inside their patrol cars.
Officials are looking to change security measures inside their patrol cars.
The Grady County Sheriff’s Office said they’re considering changes after a woman shot a deputy with his own gun.
Officials are looking to change security measures inside their patrol cars.
"Whenever you have a switch that says gun everybody knows what it is. We're going to change that," said Gary Boggess, Undersheriff Grady County Sheriff’s Office.
The woman barricaded herself in a patrol car and got her hands on the deputy’s gun.
"They put her in cuffs for her protection, put her in the backseat if one of our patrol cars," Boggess said.
While inside the car, the woman slipped out of handcuffs and gained access to the deputy’s rife, then shot 10 rounds, striking an officer and bystander.
"Whenever she slipped the cuffs, she was able to move the little slider door open. She was able to reach up and on our console, there’s actually a button that says gun, which is going to be something that we're going to change,” Boggess said.
The sheriff’s office said all the right measures were in place and the handcuffs were secure.
"I'm going to look at the locking devices. The locking devices did like it was supposed to, they held the gun," Boggess said.
Deputies said one thing that made the scene so unpredictable was the suspect, Racheal Clay, had meth in her system at the time.
"You know I gave him strict orders if she did make access and that vehicle did move any at all, to shoot the engine block and disable the vehicle," Boggess said.
Clay now faces three counts of shooting with intent to kill.