Shane Pryor: Escaped Philadelphia teen prisoner captured by US Marshals
PHILADELPHIA - After four days of searching for escaped teen murder suspect Shane Pryor, U.S. Marshals have captured him.
According to U.S. Marshals, the 17-year-old was taken into custody after getting off the bus near 3rd Street and Roosevelt Boulevard Sunday at 6:30 p.m.
Police say Pryor was then taken to the Philadelphia Police Homicide Unit.
U.S. Marshals boarded a SEPTA bus in order to retrieve Pryor, and they say he was cooperative during the arrest.
The U.S. Marshals provided the following pictures of them taking 17-year-old Shane Pryor into custody at 3rd and Roosevelt Boulevard around 6:30 p.m. Sunday:
In an updated provided by Deputy Robert Clark with the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Philly Sunday night, he says they also found a handcuff key, when doing a pat-down search of Pryor.
However, the detective could not pinpoint how long Pryor had the key or if he ever used it.
"I'm glad he was taken into custody and is safe and now the focus can return to defending him in court," said Attorney Paul DiMaio, who is representing the 17-year-old.
Shane Pryor slipped police custody in the Emergency Room parking lot at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia around noon on Wednesday, January 24.
U.S. Marshals Supervisor Deputy Robert Clark on Friday provided an updated timeline of Pryor's escape.
Philadelphia prisoner escape: Shane Pryor's getaway detailed in timeline by U.S. Marshals
How did 17-year-old murder suspect Shane Pryor escape custody, and where in Philadelphia authorities are looking closely? U.S. Marshal's shared an updated timeline on the prisoner's escape during a press conference Friday.
Authorities said Pryor was uncuffed and with two prison staff members when he managed to exit a vehicle in the Emergency Room parking lot and escape.
Clark said accompanying prison staff members gave chase when Pryor fled, and came "within arms length" of catching the murder suspect.
According to Attorney DiMaio, Pryor and another teen were charged in the killing of 54-year-old Tanya Harris in an alleyway in Northeast Philly back on October 10, 2020.
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After reviewing video footage, officials say that he escaped the hospital driveway and went from building to building, walking right into public entrances and then spoke to people asking them for a phone.
Investigators shared video that shows Pryor alone in the lobby of the Hub for Clinical Collaboration minutes after he fled from custody.
During a discussion with the front desk receptionist, authorities said Pryor asked for and was denied use of a phone, and calmly exited the building.
Authorities charged Michael Diggs, 18, who is accused of picking up Pryor in a Ford Fusion moments after he fled from police at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Diggs, 18, has been charged with several crimes, including Hindering Apprehension, Escape and Criminal Conspiracy.
Investigators say they had several confirmed sightings of Pryor over his four-day run, including at the Target on Bustleton Avenue Friday, where an employee called them after Pryor allegedly purchased a pair of pants with cash.
Image of Shane Pryor provided by U.S. Marshals
Then, Sunday night, after getting word that Pryor would be in the area of 8th and Bristol streets, investigators say they spotted Pryor and saw him get onto a bus at 9th and Roosevelt Boulevard.
"We kept him moving, we kept him stressed, in my opinion he was quasi-homeless and that was ultimately goal, when we got him out in the open we took advantage of that," said Deputy Clark
The Deputy believes Pryor might have been staying with friends during his escape.
Pryor's attorney and mom tell FOX 29 he has always maintained his innocence and that he was scared and frustrated after a judge denied his request to move his case to juvenile court in December.
"We know who a lot of the players are here we know a lot of the people assisting him and we may not have stepped to them yet because we wanted them in play but there’s a very good chance some of them may be prosecuted," said Deputy Clark.
This investigation is still ongoing.