Deputies launch search for escaped Lowndes County inmate

LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – The Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an escapee at the adult detention center.

Sheriff Eddie Hawkins said the jail was on lockdown.

Detention officers are doing a headcount of the inmates at this time.

Hawkins said Terry Leshawn Brooks escaped sometime before 8:30 p.m.

Hawkins was not releasing the name of the second inmate who was captured in the perimeter of the jail fences.

Deputies searched around the jail.

If you see someone suspicious in the area, you are urged to call 911.

Brooks was arrested in connection with the December 2020 homicide of Frank Edwards.

He was originally charged with accessory after the fact of first-degree murder in that case.

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