Bryant Canales will be placed on leave from the Bexar County Jail in Texas while the investigation of three escaped inmates is underway
A detention officer has been placed on administrative leave from a Texas jail after three inmates – with numerous murder charges – escaped on Friday.
Bryant Canales will be placed on leave from the Bexar County Jail in Texas while the investigation is underway.
He had been working at the jail only 18 months.
‘Detention officer Bryant Canales was placed on administrative leave while the investigation is active and ongoing,’ a statement from BCSO said, according to KSAT.
‘We are also looking into the possibility other inmates and several suspects outside the walls who may have assisted.’
The three men – identified as Jacob Brownson, Eric Trevino and Luis Arroyo – were in the jail’s recreation area around 10.40am when the made their escape.
They cut a hole in some mesh and used bed sheets to reach the hole and get outside.
Jacob Brownson (pictured), Eric Trevino and Luis Arroyo escaped from Bexar County Jail on Friday
They (Trevino and Arroyo pictured) cut a hole in some mesh and used bed sheets to reach the hole and get outside. Walking out the front side, jail visitors saw the three and alerted authorities
Canales had only been working at the jail only 18 months when the escape happened
Escaping through the front side of the jail, the trio were eventually spotted by jail visitors who alerted sheriff officials, according to Sheriff Javier Salazar.
The jail has been on a lock down, as a result of their escape.
A woman was waiting in a getaway car and drove them away. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus explained that she was one of the ex-girlfriends of the men.
Escaping through the front side of the jail, the trio were eventually spotted by jail visitors who alerted sheriff officials, according to Sheriff Javier Salazar
She dropped the men off at a nearby Sonic to get some food.
According to the police chief, the woman then called police and alerted them on where they could find the men.
According to Salazar, the investigation will look into how the men planned their scheme.
A woman -believed to be an ex-girlfriend of one of the escapees – was waiting in a getaway car and drove them away. She drove them to a Sonic before calling the police and turning them in
‘It’s something that shouldn’t be allowed to occur,’ he added.
Trevino had to be taken to a nearby University Hospital to get a foot injury checked out.
The other three were being questioned by sheriff’s officials.
The three murder suspects were all accused of six separate murders.