Eleven people break out of New Orleans jail, including man convicted of killings

Local, state and federal officials launch ‘full-scale’ search and warn escapers are ‘armed and dangerous’

Eleven people in custody at the New Orleans’s jail, including a man convicted of four killings, escaped early Friday morning.

The escapes prompted local, state and federal officials to launch a “full-scale search operation” and warn community members to be on the look out for “armed and dangerous” individuals.