Escaped high school shooter back in custody

An escaped inmate who killed three people at an Ohio high school in 2012 and sparked a massive manhunt when he broke out of jail Thursday is in custody, law enforcement officials said.

Thomas “T.J.” Lane, 19, who killed three students at Chardon High School in 2012, escaped along with another inmate from Allen Correctional Institution in Lima, Ohio on Thursday evening.

Lane was taken into custody at about 1:30 am, in the vicinity of the prison. The other inmate is still loose.

Lane’s escape prompted the school district which runs the high school where Lane shot dead the three students to cancel classes the following day.

Lane opened fire on a cafeteria table full of students at Chardon High School on 27 February 2012, killing three students — Demetrius Hewlin, 16, Russell King Jr., 17, and Daniel Parmertor, 16 — and wounding three others, one of whom was reportedly left paralyzed.

Lane is serving three life sentences for the shooting. He pleaded guilty to aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder and felonious assault last February. On the day he was sentenced, Lane wore a white T-shirt with the word “KILLER” scrawled on the front and shouted obscenities at the court.