Who is Skylar Meade? Three Officers Injured in Boise Shooting as Accomplice Breaks Out Idaho Prisoner

Skylar Meade is a prisoner who broke out of jail in Boise, Idaho, early Wednesday morning with the help of an accomplice who shot and wounded two corrections officers.

Three Idaho corrections officers were shot as a suspect staged a brazen attack to break a prison inmate out of a Boise hospital overnight

An accomplice staged an attack to break prison inmate Skylar Meade out of a Boise hospital Tuesday night, shooting and seriously wounding two Idaho corrections officers, police said Wednesday.

Meade and his accomplice fled in a gray four-door sedan, possibly a Honda Civic, with Idaho plates.

The attack occurred at 2:15 am after Idaho Department of Corrections officers had transported Meade to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center for treatment.

One officer shot by the suspect was in critical but stable condition, police said, while the second officer shot had serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

A third corrections officer also sustained non-life-threatening injuries after being hit by friendly fire.

“This brazen, violent, and apparently coordinated attack on Idaho Department of Corrections personnel, to facilitate an escape of a dangerous inmate, was carried out right in front of the Emergency Department, where people come for medical help, often in the direst circumstances,” Boise Police Chief Ron Winegar said in a written statement.

Meade has been serving a sentence with IDOC for aggravated battery on a law enforcement officers, with a firearm enhancement and has prior convictions.

He was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2017 for shooting at a Twin Falls sheriff’s sergeant during a high-speed chase.

Prior convictions include: Felony possession of a controlled substance, grand theft and introduction of contraband to a correctional facility.

Idaho State Police issued a Blue Alert, as the search remains active. Blue Alerts are issued when police are looking for a suspect or suspects involved the death or serious injury of a peace officer.

Boise Police Statement

Officers across the Treasure Valley are continuing to search for the two suspects mentioned in the previous news release.

This incident began at 2:15 am as Idaho Department of Corrections (IDOC) officers had transported IDOC inmate Skylar Meade to Saint Alphonsus for medical treatment. As they were preparing to leave to transport Meade back to IDOC, an unknown suspect attacked and fired at the officers, striking two of them.

Boise Police officers responded to the hospital to reports of an active shooter, with one officer firing his duty weapon at an armed individual near the entrance. That individual was later determined to be an IDOC employee. He was not seriously injured and is receiving treatment for his injuries.

The hospital was locked down as officers searched the area for the suspect. A preliminary investigation indicates Meade and the shooting suspect got into a grey four-door sedan and fled the area just prior to Boise Police officers arriving.

Meade has been serving time in IDOC for aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer with a firearm enhancement and has prior convictions including felony possession of a controlled substance, grand theft, and introduction of contraband into a correctional facility. He has been incarcerated since October 2016 and his most recent sentence was set to end October 2036.

In total, three IDOC officers were injured. One officer, shot by the suspect is in critical but stable condition.

The second officer shot by the suspect has serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The third IDOC officer was injured during gunfire from a responding BPD officer and received non-life-threatening injuries.

When BPD officers responded, they believed the shooter was inside the Emergency Department.

They immediately entered to address any potential continued threat to Emergency Room staff. I am grateful this harrowing incident did not result in loss of life, and we are monitoring the wounded IDOC officers with great hope for a full and speedy recovery of all involved,” said Chief Ron Winegar.

“We caution anyone who may have contact with the suspects involved in this violent attack and escape to call 911 immediately and not confront them personally. They are armed, dangerous, and have shown they are willing to use extreme violence in furtherance of their criminal activity.”

Boise police are leading the search for the two outstanding suspects. The Ada County Sheriff’s Office is leading the Ada County Critical Incident Taskforce (CITF) investigation into the officer-involved shooting.

Who is Skylar Meade? Three Officers Injured in Boise Shooting as Accomplice Breaks Out Idaho Prisoner