A 28-year-old detention officer in Texas is dead after allegedly being attacked by an inmate while returning the inmate to his cell.
said during a press conference Tuesday Ellis County Sheriff Brad Norman revealed that Officer Isaiah Bias was killed Monday during the alleged attack on the prison.
“It is with great sadness that we stand here today and acknowledge the loss of one of our own. … Isaiah Bias, age 28, was a dedicated detention officer with more than six years of service with the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office,” Norman said. .
Norman called the alleged attack by 45-year-old suspect Aaron Thompson “pure evil” but did not reveal any details about how Bias was killed.
Ellis County Detention Officer Isaiah Bias died after being attacked by Aaron Thompson, left. (Ellis County Sheriff’s Office)
“Most of the time, law enforcement and detention officers deal with good people having a bad day. Occasionally we deal with bad people,” Norman said. “I can honestly say that my staff has had to deal with pure evil over the past day.”
Norman said Thompson was charged with capital murderadding that he would recommend the death penalty.
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Isaiah Bias, a detention officer at the Ellis County, Texas, jail, died Monday after allegedly being attacked by an inmate. (Ellis County Sheriff’s Office)
“It was a gruesome, gruesome, purposeful killing that was senseless and unnecessary,” Norman said. “The final decision will be made by the district attorney’s office as to whether or not they seek the death penalty in this case. If I have any say in it, that is exactly what will happen, but the final decision rests with the DA’s office. “
According to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by KDFWThompson punched Bias, knocking him to the ground, and then began choking him and hitting him in the head with his fist, knee and foot.
The affidavit stated that Thompson then went to a table and sat down, leaving Bias in a “large pool of blood.”
Thompson was jailed last month on three counts of assault on a public servant and evading arrest and was in solitary confinement 23 hours a day, Norman said.
Norman said he met Bias when he was a teenager in the prison’s discovery program.
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During a news conference, Ellis County Sheriff Brad Norman said Detention Officer Isaiah Bias was killed after being attacked by an inmate Monday. (Ellis County Sheriff’s Office)
‘He wanted to work for the police. He came here to work for the prison,” Norman said. “You can work in prison when you’re 18. You can’t be a peace officer in Texas until you’re 21,” Norman said.
Norman also described Bias as a “very family-oriented person” and said he had just become an uncle a week before his murder.
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“His sister’s baby was a week old and he was able to see the baby the day he was born,” Norman said. “He loved what he did. The people around him loved him. Law enforcement was a career path he loved.”
The Texas Rangers have taken over the murder investigation. Thompson was arraigned and his bond was set at $2 million.
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