INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) – Prosecutors in Indianapolis say a spelling mistake allowed the suspect in an Indy police officer’s shooting to go free.
Mylik Hill has a long criminal record and should have been sent back to prison after an arrest back in January, but prosecutors say prison officials misspelled his name, and so a background check didn’t flag him as out on parole.
Hill was released after that arrest, and police say he would go on to shoot a police officer in the throat about two weeks ago. Hill remains in the hospital, he was shot during the shooting as well.
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