Convicted killer caught Texas incident occurred around eight hours after the felon escaped from an Amarillo prison, reports the Associated Press. According to authorities, escaped prisoner got away from the prison by scaling a fence. The convicted killer caught Texas is 34-year-old Marvin Garcia from El Salvador.
Authorities said Garcia had been apprehended Monday morning. Chron.com reports that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark said the convicted killer caught Texas occurred as authorities aboard a search plane saw a person jump from a northbound freight train that had slowed.
According to the AP, state troopers and local law enforcement agencies took Garcia into custody after they converged on the area north of Amarillo near the Canadian River and U.S. Highway 287.
NBC reported that according to Clark, Garcia offered no resistance as the convicted killer caught Texas incident occurred.
The AP reports that at 3:40 a.m. on Monday, Garcia fled the prison by scaling one of its fences.
A corrections officer on patrol at the Neal Unit in Amarillo was able to spot Garcia on a razor-wire fence before he fully escaped. Clark said the officer fired several shots at Garcia but he continued to climb over the fence and was eventually able to escape fully.
Clark said of the escape, before the convicted killer caught Texas incident, "It does not appear he had been shot. He did have some cuts."
Chron.com reports that the hunt for Garcia involved tracking dogs, Potter County sheriff's deputies and Amarillo police together with corrections officers.
Clark said that since the convicted killer caught Texas incident, Garcia will be taken to court for arraignment on felony escape charges and then he will be returned to prison.
According to the AP, Garcia has been serving a 25-year term for a murder conviction in Harris County. He fatally beat a man with a piece of wood in Harris County and he began serving his prison sentence in June 2010.
Court documents said Garcia pleaded guilty to the 2008 killing. He reportedly accepted the 25-year term. According to prison records, he wasn't eligible for parole until 2021.
Convicted killer caught Texas and will be returned to the Neal Unit in Amarillo, which can hold around 1,300 prisoners.
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