Local, state, and federal law enforcement are engaged in a manhunt in the New Orleans area, after officials discovered Friday morning that 11 inmates had escaped the Orleans Parish Justice Center.
Authorities learned the men had escaped around 8:30am this morning during a routine headcount at the jail, the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s office said in a statement.
Officials said the men should be considered armed and dangerous.
Two of the inmates have since been captured, a sheriff’s spokesperson told NOLA.com.
Louisiana State Troopers located one of the alleged escapees, Kendall Myles, in the French Quarter of New Orleans on Friday morning.
“After a brief foot pursuit, he was apprehended on Royal Street,” the agency said on X.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated with new information.
