A 28-year-old detention officer in Texas is dead after allegedly being attacked by an inmate while returning the inmate to his cell.
During a press conference on Tuesday, Ellis County Sheriff Brad Norman revealed that Officer Isaiah Bias was killed Monday during the alleged attack on the jail.
“It is with great sadness that we stand here today and recognize the loss of one of our own…Isaiah Bias, 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 on suspect Aaron Thompson, 45, “pure evil” but did not reveal details about how Bias was killed.
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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 officers and detention officers deal with good people who are having a bad day. Every once in a while, we deal with bad people,” Norman said. “I can honestly say that my staff over the last day has dealt with pure evil.”
Norman said Thompson was charged with capital murderand added 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 assaulted by an inmate. (Ellis County Sheriff’s Office)
“This was a heinous, horrendous, intentional murder, senseless and unnecessary,” Norman said. “The final decision will be made by the district attorney’s office, whether or not they seek the death penalty in this case. If I have something to say about it, that’s exactly what will happen, but the final decision rests with the office of the district attorney.”
According to arrest warrant affidavit obtained by KDFWThompson punched Bias, knocking him to the ground, and then allegedly began choking him and hitting him in the head with his fist, knee and foot.
The affidavit says Thompson then went to a table and sat down, leaving Bias in a “large puddle of blood.”
Thompson was jailed last month on three counts of assault on a public servant. and evade arrest and was held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day, Norman said.
Norman said he met Bias when he was a teenager in the prison explorer program.
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During a news conference, Ellis County Sheriff Brad Norman said Detention Officer Isaiah Bias died after being attacked by an inmate on Monday. (Ellis County Sheriff’s Office)
“He wanted to work in law enforcement. He ended up working in jail,” Norman said. “You can work in prison when you’re 18. You can’t be a law enforcement 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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“Her sister’s baby was a week old and she was able to see him the day she was born,” Norman said. “He loved what he did. The people around him loved him. Law enforcement was a career 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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