KYLE — An officer-involved shooting occurred on Monday afternoon at Ascension Seton Hays Hospital, according to a press release issued by the Hays County Sheriff’s Office.

The incident occurred as a Hays County corrections officer was guarding the door of a pretrial detainee, later identified as 36-year-old Joshua Leon Wright.

Allegedly, in an attempt to escape, Wright assaulted the officer and ran on foot, the release stated. The officer then discharged his firearm and shot the inmate. Though...