A manhunt was underway this week for an Indiana man charged with murder who authorities say escaped custody after a prisoner transport van stopped at a McDonald’s, according to multiple reports.
An agent from REDI Transports, of Green Bay, Wis., was transporting Leon Taylor, 22, from Chicago to Lake County, Ind., on Monday, when the prisoner jumping through the van's open window in the city of Gary, despite wearing a chain around his waist, handcuffs, and a leg restraint, Lake County Sheriff Oscar Martinez Jr.
wrote in a news release. After the agent notified authorities of the escape, officers with the Lake County Sheriff’s Department responded to the scene along with the Lake County Aviation Unit helicopter and a K-9 unit, according to.
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