Fugitive Shot Dead By Family He Held Hostage

Fugitive Shot Dead By Family He Held Hostage

A murder suspect who escaped and went on the run has been shot dead after taking a particularly scrappy family hostage…

Via MailOnline:

A capital murder suspect who escaped from a Mississippi jail last week has been shot dead by one of the people he had taken hostage, reports claim.

Rafael McCloud, 33, escaped from the Warren County jail in Vicksburg last Wednesday after attacking a jail guard with a shank and donning his uniform.

A week later, at 4.30am on Thursday, he broke into a family’s home and took a man, woman and child hostage.

McCloud broke in when the husband left the door open as he went to start his wife’s car. According to the Post, the couple fought McCloud but he eventually overpowered them and tied them up.

Almost three hours later, the husband managed to break free from the rope, find a gun, and shoot McCloud who was in the bathroom. His body was found in the bathtub.

The husband, who has not been identified, was taken to Merit Health River Region Medical Center with non-life-threatening stab wounds as police removed the body from the home in the Fort Hill neighborhood.

His wife was hit in the head but was not injured and did not need treatment,’ police said.

Man…this sounds like a movie. That was a family of fighters! McCloud definitely ran up on the wrong ones that day…

MailOnline