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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graeme Massie and Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Mississippi jail break - live: Fugitive seen in Texas as another dies in burning house after murder of pastor

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1 of 3 escaped Mississippi detainees seen in Katy area

A huge manhunt is under way to track down the three surviving fugitives still on the run following the Mississippi jail break over the weekend.

Inmates Dylan Arrington, 22, Casey Grayson, 24, Corey Harrison, 22, and Jerry Raynes, 51, escaped from the troubled Raymond Detention Center on Sunday and have been on the run ever since.

One of the escapees – Arrington – allegedly shot and killed 61-year-old pastor Anthony Watts on Monday night after the victim pulled over to help him. Arrington then fled in Watts’ Dodge Ram.

He was tracked down to a home in Leake County on Wednesday morning where he opened fire on law enforcement, shooting an officer in the leg.

The house then went up in flames and Arrington died in the fire, the Hinds County sheriff said.

The other three suspects are still at large, with police releasing a surveillance image still of Raynes at a service station in Spring Valley, Texas, at around 11am on Sunday morning.

It is unconfirmed if Raynes traveled to Texas alone.

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