Michael A. Campbell
Michael A. Campbell, 31, died on the morning of Wednesday, August 5, 2009, after a corrections deputy shot him at the Putnam County jail in Florida. The Putnam County Sheriff's Office said he climbed a perimeter fence in the recreation yard and was shot as he tried to run away on foot. The Sheriff's Office said he was pronounced dead at a hospital shortly after 10 a.m. The sheriff has asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to investigate the shooting.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. The Putnam County Sheriff's Office says a corrections deputy shot him in the recreation yard after he climbed a perimeter fence and ignored warnings, and the sheriff asked the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to investigate.
Reported by: Putnam County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Florida Department of Law Enforcement (outside investigators).