A mugshot of Thomas Zane Campbell, posted on the Hamilton County Jail website Tuesday. His mother, Deborah Campbell, said this picture is from years earlier, when he had been arrested on another charge.Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office deputies drove Thomas Zane Campbell from Erlanger hospital to the county jail Tuesday, a week after officers shot him multiple times.
But Campbell’s mother, Deborah, said her son still belongs in a bed at Erlanger. She said he is recovering from seven gunshot wounds: one in each leg, one in his left arm and four in his right arm.
“We have no idea which doctor would release him in that condition,” she said. ” He’s held together with rods and screws right now.”
Officers shot Thomas Campbell on April 10 after members of the U.S. Marshals Service found him at a friend’s home in Trion, Ga. He had been sentenced weeks earlier to 13 years in prison for three counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, but he didn’t show up to court for the end of his trial and had been missing since then.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into the case, but has not released many details about what happened. His attorney, Charles Wright, said Wednesday that Thomas Campbell had placed a gun to his throat when officers arrived last week, and they shot him after a 15-minute standoff on the front porch of a friend’s home. He said he doesn’t know why they opened fire.