'Clearly the system screwed up and people didn't do what they're supposed to do,' Mayor Kenney said of the prison break.
Vanore stated that in March 2021, Hurst committed three more murders. He said Hurst shot four people and killed two behind an apartment building on North 76th Street on March 11, 2021.roughly one hour after he was released from the Curran Fromhold Correctional Facility.The second inmate who broke out of the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center is 24-year-old Nasir Grant, who police say was being held on narcotics and gun violations.
Officers say the only connection between the two inmates is that they were housed in the same unit but in different cells.According to Prisons Commissioner Blanche Carney, the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center became aware of the two escaped inmates around 3 p.m. Monday. Carney says there were three headcounts which took place at 11 p.m. Sunday, 3 a.m. Monday, and 7 a.m. Monday before learning of the escape."So the facility became aware today at their 3 p.m. headcount that we had two individuals that were not accounted for. They're going back through the process to see if those three counts that were called in as cleared and why they did not detect those two individuals missing," said Carney.
Action News asked Carney if she believed someone on her staff aided in the escape or if it was a case of negligence.Mayor Jim Kenney said at a news conference Monday evening that they want to find out exactly what happened.In the meantime, police officials ask the public to be cautious of these individuals.
Officials say if you see either of the inmates or know of their whereabouts, call the police tip line at 215-546-TIPS or call 911 immediately.
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