2nd PA Prison Escapee Taken Into Custody: Police

PHILADELPHIA — The second inmate who escaped from a Philadelphia prison has been captured, according to police.

Ameen Hurst, 18, was taken into custody Wednesday morning at 6100 Washington Avenue without incident, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said.

Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Clark said he was taken into custody at about 8:30 a.m.

He was being held at the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center on murder charges after authorities said he killed four people.

Clark said authorities spent 18 hours negotiating with Hurst's family members, but eventually took an "enforcement action" to bring Hurst into custody after he refused to turn himself in.

Surveillance team members saw Hurst and two others get into a vehicle, then the vehicle was stopped, according to Clark.

He was taken out of the vehicle and placed into custody without incident, Clark said.

Hurst's brother was also taken into custody for questioning, according to Clark.

Clark said he was surprised that Grant and Hurst were in the Philadelphia area and said their investigation spanned three states.

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Hurst is accused of shooting and killing a man on Christmas Eve 2020, shooting and killing two people and hurting two others in March 2021, and fatally shooting and killing a man outside the same facility he escaped from about a week later.

He and Nasir Grant, 24, escaped the facility at 10:30 p.m. Sunday, May 7, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.

The pair escaped through a fence that they cut a hole in, according to authorities.

Grant was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals Service agents and Philadelphia Police May 11 at 28th and Dauphin streets in Philadelphia. He was reportedly disguised as a woman when he was apprehended.

Three other people, one who is also an inmate at the facility, have been charged in connection with their escape.

Inmate Jose Flores-Huerta, 35, of Philadelphia, was charged with escape and conspiracy in connection with the incident, in which he is accused of acting as a lookout.

He is being held at the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center on murder and related charges for the beating death of 28-year-old Isidro Cortez outside Pat's King of Steaks in Philadelphia on Sept. 16, 2021.

Authorities charged 21-year-old Xianni Stalling, 21, with conspiracy, hindering apprehension, and more crimes in connection with their escape. She is believed to have helped them find a ride after their escape.

And Michael Abrams, 21, of Philadelphia, was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals in Berwyn Monday after being accused of helping Grant and Hurst escape.

Abrams is charged with criminal conspiracy, hindering apprehension, escape, and use of a communication facility, court records show.