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Officials searching for 2 inmates who escaped from Texas jail

Officials said they discovered the two missing inmates after a jail count Friday morning.

TEXARKANA, Texas — Officials are searching for two inmates who escaped from a state prison in Texarkana Friday evening.

According to the Texarkana Police Department, Wayde Burton Land and JC Lee Kirby escaped the Bi-State Jail on foot. Surveillance footage shows the men were travelling west towards Texas Boulevard.

Officials said the prison guards discovered the two missing inmates after a jail count Friday morning. 

Land and Kirby were wearing street clothes when they escaped, officials said. 

Any information about either of these two men, call 911 or the Bowie County Sheriff’s office at 903-798-3149.   

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