The Idaho Statesman
BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho prosecutor has cleared a Boise Police Department officer who mistakenly shot at and injured an Idaho Department of Correction officer during a chaotic ambush at a Boise hospital perpetrated by a prisoner and an accomplice.
The incident took place on March 20, 2024, when a man later identified as Nicholas Umphenour fired shots at IDOC officers at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in a plot to help inmate Skylar Meade escape custody while being treated for self-inflicted injuries…