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Two arrested in Calif. corrections officer shooting

At least one was a parolee from the same prison as the officer

By John Asbury
Press Enterprise

COLTON, Calif. — Authorities say a correctional officer was attacked and shot while pumping gas in Colton on his way to work Thursday night by a shooting suspect who was recently paroled from the same Chino prison.

Colton police released no details Friday and have not said if the shooting was random or a targeted attack.

Authorities have not yet identified the correctional officer, but the warden for Chino Institution for Women, Tamara Kabban-Miller, issued a statement identifying him as Tom Dennie, 52, a 26-year veteran at the California Institution for Men in Chino.

Dennie, a Fontana resident, remained in critical condition Friday at an intensive-care unit.

Full story: COLTON: Correctional officer shot on his way to work