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Who was Dylan Arrington? 1 of 4 escaped Mississippi inmates dies after shooting police officer

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Chloe Ramirez

Updated on February 11, 2026

Dylan Arrington, one of the four male detainees who got away from a Mississippi prison is accepted to have died
He was associated with a deadlock with delegates at a home in Leake Province
He supposedly started shooting at a cop

Dylan Arrington, one of the four male detainees who got away from a Mississippi prison is accepted to have died following a stalemate with representatives at a home in Leake Region. He supposedly started shooting at a cop, the nearby sheriff’s office said.

Who was Dylan Arrington? Early Wednesday morning Dylan Arrington supposedly blockaded himself inside a home that later burst into flames. The stalemate went on around 2 hours. How the episode was settled isn’t clear.

The four men who escaped from Mississippi prison are Dylan Arrington, 22; Casey Grayson, 24; Corey Harrison, 22; and Jerry Raynes, 51.

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Mississippi hunts for 4 escaped inmates, with 1 suspected of carjacking, killing

From left to right, escaped Mississippi inmates Jerry Raynes, Casey Grayson, Corey Harrison and Dylan Arrington. (Hinds County Sheriff’s Office)

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The prison was put on lockdown after staff at the Raymond Confinement Center, understood that the four men were absent after a normal headcount on Sunday, Hinds District Sheriff Tyree Jones said in a news gathering on Monday. It was likewise revealed that Arrington is associated with killing a man and taking his truck after he escaped from the jail.

61-year-old Anthony Watts was shot and killed Monday on Highway 55 in Jackson. He lost his life after he headed over to help a man who had destroyed a cruiser. The suspect is accepted to have shot the casualty a few times and taken the departed’s Red Evade Slam. “In view of data assembled from agents, the suspect … fit the portrayal of 22-year-old Dylan Arrington,” Jackson Police Boss James E. Davis said.

Besides, during the stalemate with Arrington, he is accepted to have shot an official and injured him in the leg. “At around 7:10 a.m. the suspect shot from inside his area in the home striking Examiner Horn in the lower right leg,” the Leake Region Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook. “Horn was shipped to Leake Baptist where he was settled.”

Arrington had been accused of auto burglary and unlawful ownership of a gun, among different charges.