William Morva, in an undated photo. Morva, escaped Sunday, Aug. 20, 2006, from a hospital at about 2:30 a.m., after being taken to the emergency room by a sheriff's deputy to seek treatment. Morva overpowered the deputy and took his pistol. Shots were fired, killing 26-year-old hospital security guard Derrick McFarland as he tried to help the deputy.
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office deputy Cpl. Eric E. Sutphin is shown in a May 16, 2005, file photo, in Blacksburg, Va. Sutphin was killed Monday, Aug. 21, 2006, during the search for an escaped inmate suspected in the fatal shooting of a hospital guard. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Department said Sutphin was fatally shot by William Morva as he closed in on the suspect on a trail near the Virginia Tech campus.
Virginia Tech students emerge from Squires Student Center at Virginia Tech after police began searching for shooting suspect William Morva, Monday, Aug. 21, 2006, in Blacksburg, Va. Virginia Tech shut down its campus as authorities searched for Morva, an escaped inmate suspected of killing a hospital guard and a sheriff's deputy. Was apprehended later in the day.
Police watch as students emerge from Squires Student Center at Virginia Tech after police began searching there for shooting suspect William Morva, Monday, Aug. 21, 2006, in Blacksburg, Va. Virginia Tech shut down its campus as authorities searched for Morva, 24, an escaped inmate suspected of killing a hospital guard and a sheriff's deputy.
Blacksburg police officer R.S. Combs, left, and a fellow officer search a car in a parking lot near the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va., Monday, Aug. 21, 2006. Virginia Tech shut down its campus and ordered everyone to remain inside as authorities searched for an escaped inmate suspected of killing a hospital guard and a sheriff's deputy. William Morva, 24, had been seen near the campus, authorities said.
Blacksburg police officers search a car while looking for shooting suspect William Morva, Monday, Aug. 21, 2006, in Blacksburg, Va. Virginia Tech shut down its campus and ordered everyone to remain inside as authorities searched for William Morva, 24, an escaped inmate suspected of killing a hospital guard and a sheriff's deputy. Morva was apprehended later in the day.
A police officer searches the trunk of a car in Blacksburg, Va., after a murder suspect was reported seen in the area near the Virginia Tech campus, Monday, Aug. 21, 2006. Virginia Tech shut down its campus and ordered everyone to remain inside as authorities searched for an escaped inmate suspected of killing a hospital guard and a sheriff's deputy. William Morva, 24, had been seen near the campus, authorities said.
Alexandra White, 27, left, of Blacksburg, Va., opens the door of her home to Blacksburg police officers, R.S. Combs, center, and Sgt. C. Jones, right, after a murder suspect was reported seen in the area near the Virginia Tech campus Monday, Aug. 21, 2006. William Morva, 24, had been seen near the campus, authorities said. Morva was apprehended later in the day.
Virginia State Police Sgt. R.J. Carpentieri, left, keeps watch during the evacuation of the Squires Student Center on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va., Monday morning, Aug. 21, 2006, during a search for William Morva, an escaped inmate suspected of killing a hospital guard and a sheriff's deputy.
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office deputies and area law enforcement officers search, Monday, Aug. 21, 2006, for escaped convict William Morva in Blacksburg, Va. Morva, a suspect in the fatal shootings of a sheriff's deputy and a hospital guard, was apprehended later in the day. The manhunt forced Virginia Tech University to shut down its campus.
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office deputies and area law enforcement officers search, Monday, Aug. 21, 2006, for escaped convict William Morva in Blacksburg, Va. Morva, a suspect in the fatal shootings of a sheriff's deputy and a hospital guard, was apprehended later.