Bio & Incident Details
Age: 49
Tour: 12 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Assault
Incident Date: 12/28/1999
Weapon: Blunt object; Hammer
Suspect: One shot and killed
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Captain Knapps was killed after being bludgeoned with a hammer during a prison uprising at a state prison in Angola. He and two other guards had been taken hostage by a small group of inmates. The inmates demanded Captain Knapps' jail keys, and when he refused to hand them over the inmates beat him with the hammer. One inmate, who charged rescuers with a knife, was shot and killed when a rescue team stormed the room.
Captain Knapps had served with the agency for 12 years. He is survived by his son and fiancée.
