This story was updated due to an inaccuracy from the sheriff’s office.
ASHEVILLE – A woman allegedly fired a rifle from within an Asheville Police Department vehicle as she was being transferred from police custody to the Buncombe County Detention Facility after her initial arrest.
According to a March 9 press release from the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office — which oversees jail operations — just before 10:45 p.m. on March 8, Angel Blanding, a detainee in city police custody, was being dropped off at the sally port of the jail in downtown Asheville…