By Trend News Line 2024-03-22 08:29:41.
**Manhunt underway for white supremacist prison gang member, his alleged accomplice**
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Law enforcement officials have captured the Idaho inmate who escaped custody after a shootout at a hospital as well as his accomplice, police announced in a press conference.
**Skylar Meade’s escape a ‘brazen and apparently coordinated’ attack**
Boise Police Chief Ron Winegar previously described the escape by Skylar Meade, with help from Nicholas Umphenour, as a “brazen” attack on personnel from the Idaho Department of Corrections. Officials say that the men left Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center before police backup arrived at the scene on Wednesday night. They were able to leave the premises in a grey four-door sedan, later identified as a Honda Accord.
**Both Meade and Umphenour were members of same white supremacist group**
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Idaho prison escapee Skylar Meade and his accomplice Nicholas Umphenour were both part of the same white prison gang – the Aryan Knights – according to Josh Tewalt, the director of the Idaho Department of Corrections. The group has white supremacist and white separatist ideologies.
**What we know about Idaho inmate Skylar Meade’s links to white supremacist gangs**
Escaped prisoner Skylar Meade and his accomplice Nicholas Umphenour have been recaptured after the two men coordinated a prison escape in Idaho on Wednesday, officials have said. The men were later reported to have been associates while spending time behind bars at the Idaho Department of Corrections (IDOC).
**Three correctional officers shot in prison escape recovering**
Three Idaho Department of Corrections officers were shot as inmate Skylar Meade escaped from a hospital in Boise. Officials re-arrested Meade and his accomplice Nicholas Umphenour on Thursday. Police say that the incident started at 2.15am on Wednesday when officials transported inmate Meade to Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center for medical treatment.
**What are the Aryan Knights, the gang escaped inmate is tied to**
Skylar Meade and his accomplice, Nicholas Umphenour, are both affiliated with a white supremacist prison gang called the Aryan Knights, law enforcement said on Thursday. The group has white supremacist and white separatist ideologies.
**A prisoner escaped from custody in Idaho after an accomplice’s shooting spree. Here’s what we know**
Three correctional officers shot and wounded – one by a responding police officer – in a chaotic firefight as Skyle Meade, a prisoner serving a 20-year sentence, was sprung by armed accomplice.
**Police now investigating two homicides in connection with Meade’s escape**
Detectives are now investigating two homicides at separate locations in Idaho that are believed to be tied to the escape of Skylar Meade. Both homicides involve adult males and detectives are actively investigating according to Lieutenant Colonel Sheldon Kelly, of Boise Police.
**Inmate and accomplice shared housing at one point**
In a press conference on Thursday, Josh Tewalt, the director of the Idaho Department of Corrections, said that Skylar Meade and Nicholas Umphenour shared housing at one point while serving in the Idaho Maximum Security Institution. The two had a crossover in the unit at the facility from December 2020 until January 2024.
**Inmate and accomplice found and taken into custody**
Police in Idaho say they captured Skylar Meade and Nicholas Umphenour near Leland, Idaho on Thursday afternoon. The two men were found after an extensive manhunt which was launched after Meade escaped from prison. Law enforcement alleges that Umphenour pulled up to the ambulance bay of a hospital where Meade was being treated and opened fire on police. Meade escaped with Umphenour in a vehicle.
By providing a detailed and engaging account of the manhunt for the white supremacist prison gang member and his alleged accomplice, law enforcement officials and the public can stay informed about the latest developments in this ongoing investigation..
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