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Pastor Shot Dead After Stopping to Help Suspected Jail Escapee: Cops

Anthony Watts, 61, pulled over after he saw a young man had crashed a motorcycle.

A man who fatally shot a pastor and stole his truck matches the description of a convict who escaped from a jail in Mississippi, police say. Pastor Anthony Watts, 61, pulled over on Interstate 55 in Jackson on Monday to help a young man who had crashed a motorcycle. The man, who has been identified by sheriffs as Dylan Arrington, then shot Watts and stole his red Dodge Ram, officials said. Watts died at the scene. Sheriffs said they believe Arrington to be dead as well, after the 22-year-old barricaded himself inside a house that subsequently caught on fire. According to Jackson Police Chief James E. Davis, Arrington was one of four men who escaped from the Raymond Detention Center over the weekend. Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said staff at the facility found a “breach” in the ceiling of a cell along with another in the roof. Arrington, as well as fellow escapees Jerry Raynes, 51, Casey Grayson Sr., 24, and Corey Harrison, 22, had not been found as of Tuesday night.