North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Division of Prisons, North Carolina
End of Watch Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Add to My HeroesMeggan Lee Callahan
Sergeant Meggan Callahan was killed after being assaulted at the Bertie Correctional Institution at approximately 5:30 p.m.
An inmate servicing a life sentence for murder initially set a fire inside the prison. Sergeant Callahan responded with two other offices. She was using a fire extinguisher to put out the fire when she was attacked by the inmate who set the fire. He gained control of the fire extinguisher and struck Sergeant Callahan in the head with it, seriously injuring her.
Medical staff at the prison and other first responders provided medical aid but she succumbed to her injuries approximately one hour after the attack.
Sergeant Callahan had served with the North Carolina Department of Public Safety for five years.
Bio
- Age 29
- Tour 5 years
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause Assault
- Weapon Blunt object
- Offender In custody
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View all 280 ReflectionsYour watch is over, we have it from here, Rest In Peace Officer Callahan. You have given the ultimate sacrifice. God Speed. Gone but never Forgotten. Forever watching over us.
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