LOS ANGELES (AP) - Officials say the criminal courts building in downtown Los Angeles has been placed on lockdown after a jail inmate attempted to escape as prisoners were being led off a Sheriff’s Department bus.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Nicole Nishida says an inmate ran out of a secure lockup area at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center around 9:30 a.m. Friday.
She says the inmate was apprehended “shortly after,” when he ran near a security booth at the courthouse.
Nishida says the building has been placed on lockdown out of an abundance of caution while officials conduct an inmate count.
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