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Escapees Who Killed Two Prison Guards Are Captured, Georgia Governor Says Georgia Escapees Who Killed Two Guards Are Caught in Tennessee, Officials Say
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Two inmates who escaped from a prison bus in Georgia on Tuesday after fatally shooting a pair of guards were captured after a car chase in Tennessee, officials said late Thursday. Two Georgia inmates who the authorities said killed a pair of guards in a brazen escape from a prison bus on Tuesday were captured on Thursday after a high-speed police chase in Tennessee, officials said.
The two convicted armed robbers, Donnie R. Rowe and Ricky Dubose, had been on the run since about 6:45 a.m. Tuesday, when their escape prompted a nationwide manhunt that drew a reward of $130,000. The two convicted armed robbers, Donnie R. Rowe and Ricky Dubose, had been on the run since about 6:45 a.m. Tuesday, when their escape prompted a nationwide manhunt that drew a reward of $130,000. The men stole four vehicles during the three days they were on the run, the authorities said.
The pair were being moved early Tuesday morning as part of a routine transfer when they escaped the caged back area of the prison bus, overpowered and disarmed the two corrections officers responsible for driving, and then fatally shot the officers, the authorities said. After their escape, the men immediately carjacked a 2004 Honda Civic, then burglarized a home and eventually stole a white Ford truck, the authorities said. The pair were being moved early Tuesday morning as part of a routine transfer when they escaped the caged back area of the prison bus, overpowered and disarmed the two corrections officers responsible for driving, and then fatally shot them, the authorities said. After their escape, the men immediately carjacked a 2004 Honda Civic, then burglarized a home and eventually stole a white Ford truck.
Gov. Nathan Deal and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced in separate messages around 8 p.m. Thursday that the men were in custody.Gov. Nathan Deal and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced in separate messages around 8 p.m. Thursday that the men were in custody.
Word of the arrests came as the families of the deceased corrections officers, Christopher Monica, 42, and Curtis Billue, 58, were planning their funerals. Both had served the department for several years. “Rest assured, justice will be served,” Governor Deal said in a statement. “My sincere thanks to our local, state and federal law enforcement officers who assisted in the manhunt. Because of their tireless efforts, the public is safe.”
Earlier Thursday, law enforcement officials said bluntly that they had no idea where the fugitives had gone. They were preparing to launch a nationwide billboard campaign to help elicit tips. Sheriff Howard R. Sills of Putnam County said the truck that was stolen in Georgia was abandoned in Moore County, Tenn., about 75 miles southeast of Nashville. Somewhere near there, the inmates stole another car, which they abandoned about 15 miles farther north in Bedford County near Shelbyville, the sheriff said.
“We are looking for them anywhere they might be on the planet Earth,” Sheriff Howard R. Sills of Putnam County said at an afternoon news conference. Mr. Rowe and Mr. Dubose then invaded the home of an elderly couple there and stole their car, Sheriff Sills said.
“Shortly afterward, a chase ensued with that car that they had stolen in Bedford County,” he said. “They wrecked the car somewhere on the interstate and got out and fled into the woods. I’d say 15 or 20 minutes later they came out with their hands up, is what we were told, and surrendered.”
Shots were fired during the exchange, but no one, including the inmates, was harmed, Sheriff Sills said. The escapees were en route to jail in Rutherford County, Tenn., late Thursday, he added.
Word of the arrests came as the families of the corrections officers, Christopher Monica, 42, and Curtis Billue, 58, were planning their funerals. Each had served the department for several years.
Earlier Thursday, law enforcement officials said bluntly that they had no idea where the fugitives had gone. They were preparing to start a nationwide billboard campaign to help elicit tips.
“We are looking for them anywhere they might be on the planet Earth,” Sheriff Sills said at an afternoon news conference.