Colorado prisons chief shot dead at his home after answering the door-BBC

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3/20/13, "Colorado prisons chief Tom Clements shot dead," BBC

"The head of the department of corrections in the US state of Colorado has been shot dead at his home, authorities say.

Tom Clements was shot on Tuesday evening when he was called to the front door of his home in Monument, north of Colorado Springs, officials said.

Police have launched a manhunt for his killer. Police spokesman Lt Jeff Kramer said search dogs had been called in to scour a wooded area around Mr Clements' home.

Lt Kramer said a family member reported the shooting and officers found Mr Clements dead in his home.

Police have not yet suggested any motive for the killing.

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper appointed Mr Clements to the post in 2011. The prisons chief had previously worked for more than three decades in the Missouri Department of Corrections."


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