Nineteen-year-old T.J. Lane, who is serving three life sentences for opening fire in Chardon High School in Ohio in 2012 and killing three teens, has reportedly escaped from the Allen Oakwood Correctional Institution in Lima, Ohio, along with another 45-year-old prisoner.
JUST IN: Ohio high school shooter Thomas 'T.J.' Lane escapes prison; manhunt underway http://t.co/Zg4WJveXDi pic.twitter.com/fkY6J1vNse
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 12, 2014
Ohio school shooter escapes from prison. http://t.co/OpFtdIe2wc
— toriblaseCNN (@toriblaseCNN) September 12, 2014
TJ Lane — serving life in prison for killing 3 fellow students at Chardon High School in 2012 — has escaped from prison in Ohio
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 12, 2014
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TJ Lane escaping from prison makes me sick to my stomach.
— cassie (@cassiewoodleee) September 12, 2014
Can't believe TJ LANE escaped from prison they better catch that maniac
— MBoZe (@BoZe) September 12, 2014
Many might remember Lane as the one who at his sentencing flipped off the families of his victims in court, after unbuttoning his shirt to reveal a T-shirt with the world “KILLER” scrawled on it in marker.
TJ Lane, the HS shooter who did this to his victim’s family in court, has escaped from prison: http://t.co/hFlWA398Lu pic.twitter.com/Nc1KTDT1ns
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) September 12, 2014
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Police say both Lane and Clifford E. Opperud are wearing prison blues and a manhunt is underway.
Lima police say they believe TJ Lane had a 15 minute head start after his escape. They believe he's no more than 2 miles from the prison.
— Jim Heath (@JimHeathTV) September 12, 2014
Lima Police: Please don't share the location of police who you see out searching for the inmates on social media. http://t.co/CTUEk1Qcky
— News 5 Cleveland (@WEWS) September 12, 2014
Twitchy will update this post if further details emerge.