Silver said Corrections Director David Shinn’s claim that prisoners often have greater access to health services than people who aren’t locked up was “completely detached from reality.”
According to court documents, in Nov. 2021, McDowell threatened law enforcement, saying “if you come in here, you’re going to have to shoot it out with me.”
Officers say Gaddy tried to help the baby while calling 911. The child was resuscitated by first responders and taken to a hospital and then was flown to another hospital in extremely critical condition. He died on Friday night, June 24.