Law enforcement agencies in Idaho are investigating a series of events involving an inmate, Skylar Meade, and his accomplice, Nicholas Umphenour, who allegedly helped him escape from a hospital visit. The escape occurred as Meade was being discharged from Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, where he was taken after engaging in self-injurious behavior at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution.
During the escape, the inmate and his accomplice ambushed corrections officers, shooting two of them before fleeing in a getaway car. Following a 36-hour manhunt, Meade and Umphenour were captured in Twin Falls, Idaho, two hours away from the escape location.
