Escaped convict: Death of 2 officers not planned

Ricky Dubose said he shot two correctional officers so he and a fellow convict could escape from a prison transport bus last year, but he said the attack wasn’t planned

and that the other escapee didn’t want to kill anyone.

The confession was part of a recorded interview between Dubose and investigators that was played Wednesday in a Putnam County courtroom.

Dubose and Donnie Rowe are both facing the death penalty if they are convicted of murdering Sgts. Christopher Monica and Curtis Billue as they escaped just before dawn on a Putnam County highway on June 13, 2017. Both men have pleaded not guilty.

District Attorney Stephen Bradley has turned down offers that they will plead guilty if he would not seek the death penalty.

Prosecutors and Dubose’s attorneys were in court Wednesday to argue whether the jury seated in Dubose’s yet-to-be scheduled trial would be allowed to see the video. No decision was made Wednesday. The hearing will be continued next week.