Police Provide Details On Shooting Death Of Escapee

VICKSBURG,MS (AP) A sheriff is confirming that a man who broke into a Mississippi home and struggled for hours with the homeowners before he was shot to death was an escaped murder suspect.

Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace said in a text message that the man killed Thursday in a Vicksburg home was 34-year-old Rafael McCloud.

Authorities McCloud escaped from jail March 2 by using a homemade shank to get a jump on a jail officer.

Officials combed the town of Vicksburg for days, interviewing family members and friends of McCloud and poking through abandoned buildings.

On Thursday morning, authorities say McCloud broke into the homeowner’s garage.

An hours-long struggle ensued at the end of which the homeowner shot McCloud in the head. Exactly what happened during the struggle has not been released by authorities.