Manhunt in Louisiana for 4 escapees, including 3 homicide suspects

Authorities in Louisiana are searching for four inmates who escaped from the Tangipahoa Parish Jail, just north of New Orleans — and three of the four are homicide suspects, the parish sheriff's office says.

Sheriff Daniel Edwards said in a statement that they got out through the jail's perimeter fence during recreation time on the yard.

Later inspection showed that "a section of the fence was ... vulnerable and easily maneuvered in such a way that a small statured body could slide through."