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Sheriff: Inmate kills 2 bailiffs at Michigan courthouse

Sheriff's Deputy Guy Puffer stands watch outside the Berrien County Courthouse after a shooting incident in St. Joseph, Mich., Monday, July 11, 2016. A jail inmate trying to escape from the western Michigan courthouse wrested a gun from an officer Monday, killing a few bailiffs and injuring a few more people before he was fatally shot by other officers, a sheriff said. (Mark Parren via AP) Sheriff's Deputy Guy Puffer stands watch outside the Berrien County Courthouse after a shooting incident in St. Joseph, Mich., Monday, July 11, 2016. A jail inmate trying to escape from the western Michigan courthouse wrested a gun from an officer Monday, killing a few bailiffs and injuring a few more people before he was fatally shot by other officers, a sheriff said. (Mark Parren via AP)

By Associated Press July 12, 2016 1 min read

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (AP) – A Michigan sheriff says all indications are that the inmate who fatally shot two bailiffs at a courthouse was trying to break out of custody.

Berrien County Sheriff Paul Bailey gave new details about the shooting at a press conference Monday evening.

Bailey says the 44-year-old suspect, Larry Darnell Gordon, was at the courthouse for a hearing on multiple felony charges.

The sheriff says authorities had “no warning signs” that the suspect would be violent.

Bailey says a deputy who was injured in the shooting is “doing fine” in intensive care after surgery. A woman was also injured. Her name and condition weren’t immediately provided.