Lawmen on the Hunt for Armed, Dangerous Inmate Who Escaped in Baytown, Texas

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BAYTOWN, Texas -- "Baytown was put on alert Monday morning after officials said an inmate riding in a medical transport vehicle held two prison guards hostage, took their guns and escaped.
Rifle-toting lawmen and K-9 units combed the streets for hours as police helicopters flew overhead in search of Arcade Joseph Comeaux, 49.
Officials with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said Comeaux was passing through Conroe around 6:30 a.m., in transport from a prison unit in Huntsville to one in Beaumont, when he pulled out a gun, fired a shot at the two guards and commandeered the prison vehicle.
TDCJ Spokesman Jason Clark said Comeaux apparently handcuffed the guards together in the back of the van, grabbed their weapons, put on one of their uniforms and started driving.
Comeaux ended up in Baytown, where he abandoned the van -- and the guards.
Nearby Lee College was put on lockdown for several hours after the escape. School officials lifted the lockdown Monday afternoon, but they canceled all evening classes.
Lockdowns were also put in place and later lifted at Carver Elementary, Lamar Elementary, Lee High School and the Peter E. Hyland Center in Goose Creek ISD.
After Comeaux fled, the handcuffed guards kicked out a prison van window to escape. They were not harmed.
Though Comeaux was in a wheelchair and purportedly paralyzed on his left side, Clark said he fled on foot.
Comeaux was also wheelchair-bound in 1997, imprisoned at the Jester III Unit in Fort Bend County, when officials said he used his chair to pin his wife down during a contact visit. He stabbed her with a piece of the chair, and her injuries were so severe Life Flight was called to the scene, officials said.
"He got up and was telling somebody that, he got up out the chair and walked and began to chase me under the table when he was hitting. And he walked and did everything," Comeauxs wife, Leola, said of the attack.
And while Comeaux was still on the loose Monday afternoon, authorities were looking for answers to two major questions: How handicapped is he, and how did he get a gun in the first place?
Clark said inmates are thoroughly searched before they are transported anywhere.
Comeaux is serving a life sentence for indecency with a child out of Harris County, aggravated sexual assault out of Brazos County and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon out of Fort Bend County.
He stands about 6 feet tall and weighs approximately 200 pounds.
He was last seen in a gray correctional officers uniform and black boots.
Authorities said Comeaux should be considered armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information on his whereabouts should call 911 immediately."

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[RepKingsColony]

nigga i was out of school and scared as hell had a knife under my pilow and a bat be side me cuz i live in baytown

[txcochris9157]

actualy mrjoeyrobles we are changing to semi instead of the 357 but my senior warden told me they found the person that had gave the gun to the inmate to begin with and alot of co's were fired along with some rank and they should be tdcj number one concern is public safety

[dana601960]

Damn is that cell warrior I hear?

[screwhead325]

LOL what the fuck?Your the only dumb inbreed sounding fuck on this comment section look at all your dumbass fucking comments.....=(

[screwhead325]

Go fuck yourself bitch you cant think of shit to say so you run to some dumbshit you got anything real to say bitch or what?

[sbarudzija]

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