from what kind of facility was the founder and leader of the Mormons escaping when he was shot and killed
the founder and leader was Joesph Smith and he was killed in Catharge Illionus in jail by an anti Mormans mob
Joseph Smith's murder, founder and leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, occurred on June 27, 1844.
Smith and some of his followers were imprisoned in Carthage, Illinois. While they were in prison, a group of armed men stormed the jail, murdered to Joseph and his brother Hyrum.