![]() He used some type of a device to cut out the bottom of that door. “Somehow, we don’t know yet how that happened. There is a secured door with metal mesh around it, Hurst said. ![]() ![]() Hurst said Friday investigators are still trying to figure out how Lopez got out of his restraints and into the compartment up front. The officers and the remaining inmates had been evaluated and none had suffered any life-threatening injuries he said. Last we saw him he was fleeing across the cow pasture west of Centerville.” “We do not know if the inmate was hit by any of these shots. The other officer on the bus, Jimmy Brinegar, fired at the fleeing inmate with his service weapon as well as a shotgun, according to Hurst. “The inmate bailed out of the bus, the other inmates were still in their seats - still in their restraints,” he said. Hurst said that Smith prevented the inmate from taking his weapon and the bus came to a stop. “Officer Smith struggled with him trying to keep him from getting his service revolver - his weapon.” He stabbed Officer Smith in the left hand with some sort of object,” Hurst said Thursday during a media briefing carried by CNN affiliate KBTX. “They got into a physical altercation while Officer Smith was driving the bus. The FBI and US Marshals are involved in the search, which includes almost 300 local, state and federal law enforcement personnel.Īs the transport bus was headed from Gatesville to Huntsville to take inmates to medical appointments, Lopez was able to get out of his restraints and reach the driver, Officer Randy Smith, said Hurst There is a $15,000 reward for information leading to his capture.Īt the third briefing of the day Friday, Hurst said there have been so sightings of Lopez since his escape. Hurst told citizens not to engage Lopez, who was wearing a white shirt and white pants when he escaped, and to call 911 if he is spotted. “He’s got a life sentence for a capital murder, where he killed a man with a pickaxe and he’s also gotten an attempted capital murder conviction for shooting a gun at a police officer,” Hurst said. TDCJ spokesperson Robert Hurst told reporters Friday that Lopez is very dangerous and residents should stay indoors. The group of escaped inmates was originally four but one has turned himself in.The escape happened Thursday afternoon on Highway 7 near Centerville, which is about 120 miles north of Houston, department officials said. The US Marshals and FBI are assisting local law enforcement with the search and investigation. BOP has faced scrutiny in recent years for allowing inmates to simply walk away from its prison camps. The Bureau of Prisons says it notified the US Marshals, FBI and other law enforcement agencies. Shaw is serving a 16 year sentence for conspiracy to sell heroin.įour federal inmates escaped this morning from FCC Petersburg’s camp in Virginia. Willis is serving an 18 year sentence for possessing and concealing a stolen firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. They range in age from 30 to 46 and were serving time for various offenses, including illegal drug and firearm possession.īranch is serving 13 years for intent to distribute fentanyl and felon in possession of a firearm. The inmates have been identified as Corey Branch, Lamonte Willis and Kareem Allen Shaw. The inmates went missing from a satellite camp in Hopewell, southeast of Richmond On Saturday morning, authorities discovered the inmates missing from the Federal Correctional Complex in Petersburg. ![]() UPDATED 4:18 PM PT – Monday, June 20 2022Ī manhunt is underway for three inmates who escaped from a federal prison camp in Virginia. (Federal Bureau of Prisons via AP) OAN NEWSROOM This photo provided by Federal Bureau of Prisons shows from left, Corey Branch, Tavares Lajuane Graham, Lamonte Rashawn Willis and Kareem Allen Shaw.
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