One Inmate Killed, One Hurt in Breakout Attempt
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BLANCH, N.C. — A guard shot and killed one inmate and wounded another during a breakout attempt at the Blanch Youth Institution, authorities said. The shootings occurred Tuesday when four inmates tried to scale a 12-foot chain-link fence. James Ricky Nance, 20, was killed when a tower guard shot him in the back, prison Supt. A. K. Pruitt said.
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