A teenager awaiting trial in a murder case who fled outside a Philadelphia hospital this week was seen on video fleeing on foot and then getting into a car less than an hour later, authorities said. It was witnessed at.
U.S. marshals and city police continued their search Thursday for 17-year-old Shane Pryor, who is considered dangerous. Just before noon Wednesday, the man fled a vehicle in the driveway of the emergency room at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where he was taken with injuries to his hand, authorities said.
A teenager awaiting trial in a murder case who fled from a Philadelphia hospital this week was seen on video fleeing on foot and then getting into a car less than an hour later, authorities said. has been done. (Fox News)
Philadelphia police searching for 'dangerous' teenage murder suspect who escaped from custody in hospital parking lot
Security video shows Pryor had access to several buildings in the area, Deputy Chief of Investigation Frank Vanoa said. He was also seen talking to people and “asked for their phones…and did everything he could to leave the area.”
Investigators believe he called his accomplice within an hour of his escape, who then drove to pick him up. Vanoa said police stopped the car in the city Wednesday night, but Pryor was not in the car. Two people in the car were being questioned by police, but as of Thursday neither had been charged.
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Police searched the building Wednesday and used dogs to search the large parking lot, but no lockdown was in place, he said. Police said Pryor should be considered a danger and warned people to stay away from him and to call 911. Officers also searched his relatives' homes in other parts of the city, Vanoa said.
Pryor was 14 years old when he was charged with murder in October 2020 and has been in a juvenile facility since then. He faces charges including murder, conspiracy and firearms offenses. He is described as 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing 180 pounds, and was wearing a blue sweatsuit, sandal-type footwear, and socks.
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Pryor's mother urged her son to turn himself in. She told the Philadelphia Inquirer on Thursday that Pryor escaped from custody because he turns 18 in two weeks and could be transferred to an adult prison.
