Inmates overpower guards and take 2 hostage at NC jail — until officers storm the facility

Law enforcement officials ended a hostage situation at a jail in North Carolina hours after the inmates were able to overpower guards.

The inmate takeover began at about 5 a.m. at the Bertie-Martin Regional Detention Center in Windsor.

‘The perpetrators must be held accountable for this horrifying action.’

Three guards were accosted and two were taken hostage, while the third was able to escape, according to police.

Hours later, the Federal Bureau of Investigation office in Charlotte announced that an FBI hostage team and a SWAT team helped clear the facility.

“All inmates and staff are safe and accounted for, and those who sustained injuries received treatment,” the FBI statement reads. “Inmates were transferred to other facilities for housing, and the detention center will remain secured while personnel assess the