Police Reveal Identity Of Oklahoma Jail Inmate Involved In Hostage Drama

The Oklahoma police revealed the name of the Oklahoma City jail inmate, who held a detention officer hostage before getting killed by authorities last week.

Curtis Williams, 34, was part of a group of inmates who took a detention officer hostage Saturday on Oklahoma County Detention Center's 10th floor where the jail's most difficult to manage inmates are placed, reported Fox News.

The two police officers -- Lt. Coy Gilbert, a 23-year department veteran and Officer Kevin Kuhlman -- who opened fire on Williams, have been placed on routine administrative leave.

The detention officer was beaten and stabbed by inmates while he was held hostage. He was later taken to a hospital for treatment. The officer's condition was not immediately known.

It was not clear how many rounds were fired on Williams. The investigation is still on into the incident.

Williams was in prison since April 2019. He was booked on several charges, including first-degree rape and firearm possession, according to jail records. He was also charged with assault and battery upon a detention facility employee.

The hostage situation was captured on camera and uploaded on social media (explicit content, please watch at your own risk).

In one of the videos recorded by an inmate, one said, "We can't take showers."

Another said: "Ain’t got nothing to do with this CO [corrections officer]. He just so happens to be a product of the situation."

During a conference Monday, Williams' loved ones said he was speaking out against poor jail conditions.

"I knew Curtis for 34 years and I know for sure that he would not just go out and kidnap anyone," said Rhonda Lambert, as reported by The Oklahoman.

"Conditions in the jail caused my son and so many others like him to lose self-control," she added.

Loved ones of Williams said that animals at the Oklahoma City Zoo are treated better than inmates at the jail. They also said that during phone calls to his relatives, Williams was in “mental anguish” over the conditions there.

“He shouldn’t have lost his life behind these conditions up in here and the stress he was under,” Williams’ stepfather, Donald Lambert, said.

A former inmate, Jaray Antwine listed cockroaches, bed bugs and a lack of security as some of the issues that the inmates faced in the prison.

“They got three men in a two-men cell, people sleeping on the floor. Some toilets don’t flush or they don’t have hot water. You got to go to another cell to get water. You might have a shower on Monday, then your next one is Friday. I told my people in there they need to start talking to (reporters) in the news," he said.