New Orleans, La. – At least a dozen application agencies entered the third day of a human hunt on Sunday for seven of the 10 men who escaped a New Orleans prison Run away through a hole Behind a bathroom.
A spokesman for the Louisiana State Police confirmed in a statement sent by email that the seven men remained in Sunday. He said the agency could not provide details about the scope and objective of the investigation for security reasons. The spokesman added that a multi -legal work group was touring the region for the remaining fugitives.
In a separate statement, the attorney general of Louisiana, Liz Murrill, said Sunday that the “main priority of her office continues to recover prisoners, protecting the public, ensuring and stabilizing the staff of the installation and construction.”
The governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, planned a press conference of the 5 PM with the law enforcement agencies to provide an update on the search.
At least one of the escaped inmates was captured based on a public council, according to an FBI statement on the Social Network Platform X. The reward for the information that leads to the capture of inmates still in general has increased to $ 5,000 of the ATF, in addition to $ 2,000 of Crimeppers and $ 5,000 of the FBI.
Men vary from 19 years to 42 years, and face a variety of positions that include aggravated assault, aggression of domestic abuse and murder. The Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department, Anne Kirkpatrick, warned that fugitives are dangerous at a press conference on Friday night, but also urged the public “not to panic.”
Sheriff of the Parish of Orleans Susan Huts said men could get outside the Orleans Justice Center due to “defective locks.” Hutson said he has continually expressed concerns about the locks to officials and, as recently as this week, advocated money to fix the old infrastructure.
