Search continues for inmate who escaped from Houston courthouse amid brawl in courtroom

Published October 18, 2023 1:23 PM

By JUAN A. LOZANO
Associated Press

HOUSTON (AP) — The search continues for an inmate who managed to walk out of a Houston courthouse after being left unattended by deputies who were responding to a brawl in a nearby courtroom. Michael Devon Combs remained on the run Wednesday after succeeding to remove a leg shackle and fleeing a normally secured area where he was being held. Combs, charged with assaulting his girlfriend, was waiting for a court hearing. Authorities say deputies watching Combs were called away after a fight broke out in a different courtroom on the same floor. In that fight, family members of a murdered 16-year-old girl tried to attack her ex-boyfriend after he pleaded guilty to the killing.

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