Authorities in North Carolina say a man killed in a house party shooting that left 11 other people injured was hit inadvertently by a partygoer returning fire at shooters on a nearby hillside.

A federal inmate escaped from custody at a medical clinic in western North Carolina and fatally shot a detention officer with his own gun Monday, then fled in a stolen vehicle before being captured in another county,

Inmate Kelvin Simmons fatally shot Officer Francisco Flattes during a medical transport after overpowering him and seizing a firearm.