apparently by stealing the recreation yard scaling the recreation yard fence. one of the inmates was awaiting trial having been indicted on charges of capital murder. the sheriff s office in hopkins county, texas, says they re on the lookout for brian alan tucker and john marlon king. as a precaution, the schools in the area are on lockdown right now. officials there are saying they re not sure if these inmates are on foot or if they re in a car. they know one thing that they are considered extremely dangerous. we ll keep watching that story and let you know when we get an update. still in texas and back to the kaufman county investigations into the death of the district attorney and his wife there, officials are looking into the possible involvement of a violent gang, you heard about them, the aryan brotherhood of texas. after the arrest of 30 members in november they vowed retaliation against any justice officials who were involved. that happened to involve even in a small way
officials are going to have to work pretty darn hard to try to find these. i cannot tell you what this concentration of vehicles is right now. we can tell you obviously from uniforms that it s law enforcement. but those are the two gentlemen on the right side of the screen whom are the targets of a search underway now with the hopkins county sheriff s office. brian alan tucker and john marlon king. and as we mentioned before, because of the concern about the danger of these inmates, they are considered to be very dangerous. schools in nine areas, nine different schools are now uno lockdown. and there s no knowledge about how they got away. whether it was on foot, which means they may not be far, or by car or rail, which may mean they are quite a long way away. we ll continue to watch that story. again, live pictures for you in hopkins county as law enforcement continues to patrol and scour for those two escaped inmates. there s been so much talk about lately regarding banning guns th
and a big headache. we re talking live to a family forced out of their home. the cnn newsroom starts right now. hello and welcome to the cnn newsroom. i m fredricka whitfield in for brooke baldwin. we have a developing story out of north texas. these two prisoners are on the loose this hour. the one on the right is being held on a charge of capital murder. his name is brian alan tucker. john marlon king on the left was being held for allegedly evading a theft charge. they escaped from the hopkins county jail northeast of kaufman county, which is reeling from the murders of two prosecutors. sergeant brad cummings is with the hopkins county sheriff s office. how and when did the men escape? officers were advised this morning about 8:20 that we did have two males later identified
as tucker and king that apparently they were on the recreation yard and they were able to manipulate the fencing area and slip through a part of the fence. and they took off east of the sheriff s office. well, you know, that s quite detailed in how you believe it happened. but one has to wonder, how could something like that happen in a place that is known to have high security? that s correct. you know, that s one thing that goes through all our minds and i m sure there will be some sort of internal investigation to figure out where what happened, what kind of security breach might have occurred. and we mentioned that one of the men, brian tucker, was being held for capital murder. what level of risk is it believed that he and the other inmate pose? they re both considered extremely dangerous. matter of fact, tucker is looking at the death penalty in reference to his indictment in
fredricka. we just don t know at this point. there are no suspects in custody, but fair to say these investigators have plenty of angles to look into as they try to get to the bottom of it. right. lots of questions. thanks so much, george howell, appreciate that. we have a developing story out of north texas now as well. these two prisoners are on the loose at this hour. one on the right is being held on a capital murder. his name is brian alan tucker. john marlon king on the left was being held for evading a theft charge. well, they escaped from this facility, the hopkins county jail, it is just north northeast, rather, of kaufman county, reeling from the recent murders that george was telling us about of the two prosecutors. a george spokesman says he believes there is no connection between today s escape and those murders in the nearby county. it has been one controversial answer to a national dilemma. stop a school shooter by arming school workers. that s one reaction to