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Prison break Neo-Nazi captured
By LUCY WATERLOW
June 26, 2007
THIS white supremacist prisoner killed a correction officer by wrestling a gun from him and shooting him in the head.
Heavily tattooed Curtis Allgier, whose body looks like that of Prison Break character Michael Schofield, then made his own escape bid.
He led police on a high-speed chase in a stolen sport utility vehicle before his capture at a fast-food restaurant when a heroic customer grabbed his gun.
Allgier, 27, whose many tattoos include a swastika and the words "skin head" on his face, was taken to jail to await charges and could face the death penalty.
He had been an inmate at the Utah State Prison in the Salt Lake City after he was sentenced to nearly nine years in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm in June.
He had not been transferred yet to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
The drama unfolded when he was in an examination room at the University of Utah, which serves as a regional medical centre, awaiting an MRI for back pain with corrections officer, Stephen Anderson.
The corrections department regularly transports prisoners there for medical appointments.
Police Chief Scott Folsom said: "There was some sort of altercation. The inmate got hold of the weapon and shot the officer."
Anderson, 60, was shot in the head, authorities said.
Allgier then forced two people out of a Ford Explorer outside the medical centre and was chased by officers at speeds up to 100 mph.
Two Salt Lake City squad cars crashed into each other while trying to cut off Allgier but there were no serious injuries.
Cops placed tire spikes on the road to try and stop him but he still was able to drive several miles before bailing out at a fast-food restaurant's drive-through lane.
About six other customers and three employees were inside the restaurant and one was able to wrested the gun from Allgier before he was apprehended by police.