2 Prisoners Escape Eastern PA Jail, Manhunt Underway

PHILADELPHIA — Authorities in Philadelphia have launched a manhunt after two people escaped from the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center.

Nasir Grant, 24, and Ameen Hurst, 18, escaped the facility in Northeast Philadelphia at about 10:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.

Rewards of up to $5,000 are being offered for information leading to each person's arrest.

Hurst is about 6 feet tall, has black hair and brown eyes, and a tattoo on his left arm reading "ONLY THE FAM!!"

He was being held on murder charges after authorities said he killed four people.

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, Fox 29 reports.

Grant is about 5 feet 9 inches tall and was being held on narcotics and gun violations. He also has a left arm tattoo reading "DEDICATION."

Both Hurst and Grant are considered to be armed and dangerous.

Anyone with information on their whereabouts is urged to contact the U.S. Marshals Service at 1-800-336-0102, the Philadelphia Police Department at 215-686-8477 or send information to the U.S. Marshals Service online here.

The City and law enforcement partners are working to quickly apprehend these individuals, and we plan to conduct a thorough investigation into how they were able to escape.

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— Mayor Jim Kenney (@PhillyMayor) May 9, 2023