One of the teenagers accused of shooting a rising country music star to death in Nashville escaped from juvenile detention with three other boys, including another murder suspect, police said.
Decorrius Wright, 16, and the other baby-faced suspects broke out of the facility in downtown Nashville Saturday around 9:44 p.m. and were still at large Sunday night, the Metro Nashville Police Department said.
The group took advantage of their staff supervisor being distracted by a fight in another part of the facility and hopped on an elevator to the ground floor, fleeing through a series of doors, police said.
It took cops 35 minutes to realize the foursome had escaped.
Wright is one of five minors between the ages of 12 and 16 who were charged with criminal homicide Feb. 7 for allegedly robbing musician Kyle Yorlets, 24, of his wallet and then killing him when he refused to give them the keys to his car.
Wright’s bond was set at $400,000 in August after prosecutors argued he was too dangerous to be released, local outlets reported at the time.
“We just want to express our extreme disappointment at the inability of the juvenile justice system to keep perpetrators off the streets of Nashville,” Yorlets’ family said in a statement to News4 following news of the prison break.
“We are, as always, concerned for Kyle’s friends who live there in this troubling environment and pray for their safety.”
The other escapees are Morris Marsh, 17, who is accused of murdering a 19-year-old man in April; Brandon Caruthers, 17, who is charged with armed robbery in an August 2018 case and Calvin Howse, 15, who was arrested last month on auto theft and gun charges.
Police said all four suspects should be considered dangerous.