Departures of note

On January 27, 1981 at about 3:30 pm, Wilbert Lee Evans overpowered Deputy Sheriff William Truesdale while the deputy was transferring Evans and two other prisoners from the Alexandria Courthouse to the Alexandria City Jail, seized Truesdale’s .38‑caliber revolver, and fired it, striking Truesdale in the chest and causing him to fall down the stairs.

Evans then shot at the handcuffs binding him to the other prisoners, fled the scene, attempted to shoot two additional officers (the gun misfired), was cornered in a parking lot eight blocks away, and shot himself in the stomach; the wound was nonfatal and he was reported in stable condition the following day.