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What did Dylan Arrington do? Escaped inmate from Mississippi found dead after killing pastor

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Marcus Reynolds

Updated on December 31, 2025

On Wednesday, April 26, got away from prisoner Dylan Arrington was lethally shot by Mississippi specialists. As indicated by CNN, Arrington got away from a state prison throughout the end of the week and was associated with having killed a minister while on the run. On Wednesday, he blockaded himself in a home in Focal Mississippi, where he took part in a gunfight with neighborhood specialists. The suspect was articulated dead at around 8:10 pm neighborhood time.

As revealed before as well, Dylan Arrington had been imprisoned on charges of auto robbery and firearm ownership. He was among four hoodlums who got away from prison; with the other three escapees still at large.

On Saturday, April 22, Dylan Arrington and three different suspects got away from Mississippi’s Raymond Detainment Center. Specialists accept they forgot about through a penetrated cell prior to setting up camp on the rooftop until Saturday night.

At roughly 7:00 pm on Monday, two days after the break, Arrington purportedly had a mishap while riding a taken bike. Minister Reverend Anthony Watts, 62-year-old, endeavored to help him. In any case, Arrington supposedly shot him, killing the minister all the while. It is accepted that the previous then took Watts’ vehicle, a Red Evade Slam.

Jackson Police Boss James E. Davis remarked on the homicide:

After Watts’ demise, specialists sent helicopters and robots conveyed nearby, as they accepted they had found Arrington. At the point when a robot recognized the escapee in Leake Province, he blockaded himself in a Leake District Home. Specialists surrounded him, starting a gunfight that endured roughly two hours.

Carthage, MS-After a structure fire and exchange of gunfire between a barricaded subject believed to be escapee, Dylan Arrington and multiple law enforcement agencies, an unidentified deceased person has been located in the burned residence. MBI is conducting the investigation.

— TyreeJonesSheriff (@TyreeSheriff) April 26, 2023


During the trading of gunfire, the Leake Region home allegedly burst into flames. Jones expressed that after the fire started, the house was immersed on fire, however Dylan Arrington continued to fire at cops. Authorities couldn’t affirm whether Arrington died because of the shoot or gunfire wounds he might have supported in the occurrence.

As the manhunt go on for the excess escapees, Mississippi authorities have scrutinized the organization of the Raymond Detainment Community for permitting the security break.