A Tale Of Two Ho's

"BOYNTON BEACH, FL A former Florida university police officer attempted suicide in jail Thursday after being arrested for shooting a female escort, officials said.

"Jimmy Dac Ho, 47, who formerly was employed by Florida Atlantic University, was discovered by jail deputies hanging in his cell, and was taken to a hospital in serious condition, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported.

"Ho was being held without bond on charges of attempted first-degree murder and false imprisonment in the shooting of Sheri Carter, 29, on Monday in her Boynton Beach home.

"Carter is paralyzed from the waist down from the shooting and is hospitalized in critical condition, the newspaper said.

"Ho said he shot Carter in self-defense and that she had struggled with him for the gun.

"Ho's story of what happened kept changing, the Sun-Sentinel said. Ho said he visited Carter for paid sex, which didn't occur. He said she wanted money, but he didn't have any, and Carter attempted to rob him, the police report indicated.

"Ho said he handcuffed Carter because he believed she was about to seize a knife. He uncuffed her and shot her in the belly when she began to fight him, the report said.

"`He said that he then remembered a second shot, which had struck her in the neck,` the report indicated."

Source: officialwire.com...