A massive manhunt for convicted high school shooter T.J. Lane has concluded after the killer was captured early Friday morning.
Lane, 19, is serving three life sentences for killing three students at Chardon High School in Chardon, a small suburb of Cleveland in 2012. The felon escaped along with two other inmates from the Allen Correctional Institution in Lima, Ohio, around 7:30 p.m. One was captured shortly after escaping, while Clifford Opperud, 45, is still on the loose. Opperud was serving a 12 year sentence for burglary, kidnapping and aggravated robbery.
Upon news of Lane’s escape, Chardon High School cancelled classes today, offering counselors for frightened students. Extra police security was given to the families of his three victims.
Lane, who wore a white T-shirt with the word “KILLER” written across the chest on the day of sentencing, opened fire on a cafeteria table full of students on Feb. 27, 2012, killing Demetrius Hewlin, 16, Russell King Jr., 17, and Daniel Parmertor, 16. He wounded three more, one of whom is reportedly paralyzed.
A dispatcher at the Ohio State Highway Patrol Lane reported Lane was taken into custody at about 1:20 a.m. Friday in the area of the prison.