From the Denver Post: Colorado corrections officials are investigating whether a paroled white supremacist prison gang member at the center of the investigation into the execution-style murder of state prison chief Tom Clements was ordered by the gang to do a "hit," a source told The Denver Post on Thursday.
"What's not known is whether this was ordered or a crime of opportunity," said a Department of Corrections employee who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The source said a gang leader in prison, called a "shot caller," could order a member to kill someone. Shortly after Clements' slaying, Colorado placed all 20 of its prisons on modified lock-down.
The suspect was identified as Evan Spencer Ebel, 28, a parolee in the Denver metro area, according to federal and state officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. Ebel was identified as a member of a white supremacist prison gang, the 211s.
Ebel led Texas authorities on a wild chase and shootout on Thursday and is now the focus of the investigation into the shooting death of Clements and a Denver pizza delivery driver.
Read more: Tom Clements murder probe: Did white supremacist gang order a hit? - The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_22841050/tom-clements-murder-probe-man-cadillac-caught-texas#ixzz2OF5altZE
If this is true, a hit was ordered, then no prison employee can be considered safe across the country.
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