Unhandcuffed shooting suspect escapes; Decatur police identify wrong person on Facebook
Updated Jan 24, 2021;
By Eric Fleischauer The Decatur Daily, Ala. (TNS) and Tribune Media Services
Eye contact between a defendant under police custody and his girlfriend in a hospital lobby followed by her carefully timed car maneuver led to his escape this month, police allege, and also resulted in a change to Decatur Police Department’s transport policy.
Mario Deshaun Kellogg, whose address is listed as being on Fifth Avenue Northwest in Decatur, was not handcuffed at the time of his escape, police spokeswoman Irene Cardenas-Martinez said Friday.
Police on Jan. 5 arrested Kellogg, 43, for allegedly shooting Richard Earl Ross in the right leg near 12th Avenue Northwest and Third Street. Kellogg and Antoine Scruggs were shooting at each other Dec. 29 at about 1:30 p.m., according to a witness statement, but police said Kellogg’s bullet instead hit Ross. Police s