PHILADELPHIA — An inmate accused of killing four people has been taken apprehended after escaping from a Philadelphia jail more than a week ago, police said.
Ameen Hurst, 18, was taken into custody without incident at a home in Philadelphia, the city's police commissioner, Danielle Outlaw, announced Wednesday morning. No other details on the arrest were provided.
The teenager was one of two inmates who had escaped from the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center on May 7 through a hole in the recreation yard's fence, authorities said. Grant had disguised himself as a woman and was wearing"full female Muslim garb and a head covering" when he was caught, said Robert Clark, supervisor deputy marshal for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
The two men were discovered missing from the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center during a headcount on the afternoon of May 8, according to Philadelphia Prisons Commissioner Blanche Carney. They had escaped through the fence the night before but were erroneously considered accounted for during three subsequent headcounts, according to Carney.
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