Wash. State inmate Kevin Newland shot dead during forklift escape attempt

(CBS/KIRO/AP) CLALLAM BAY, Wash. - Kevin Newland, an inmate at Clallam Bay Corrections Facility in Washington, was shot and killed by officers Wednesday morning after he drove a forklift through a set of doors and into the perimeter fences in a bid to escape.

At about 10 a.m., a corrections officer working in the industries area of the prison was taken hostage by another inmate, Dominick Maldonado, who used a pair of scissors, according to authorities. At the same time, Newland, 25, drove the forklift through the doors in the same area and into the fences, reports CBS affiliate KIRO.

Maldonado followed Newland on foot with the guard in tow but released his hostage when a guard shot and killed his partner, said Washington State prison director Dan Pacholke.

Department of Corrections spokesman Chad Lewis said the guard suffered only minor injuries. The escape attempt lasted about 20 minutes.

The effort to break out of the corrections center Wednesday was carefully planned, said Pacholke.

Newland was serving a 45-year sentence on a first-degree murder conviction in Spokane County. His sentence began in 2007, reports KIRO.

Maldonado was convicted in 2007 of firing shots inside the Tacoma Mall in 2005. Seven people were wounded in the shootings and four were taken hostage. Maldonado is serving a 163-year sentence.

The two inmates both worked as sewing machine operators in the prison garment shop, which makes offender uniforms and coveralls, Pacholke said. They would routinely have access to tools like scissors during a shift.

Clallam Bay and the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla are the state's two highest security prisons.