Busted

Texas Shootout Suspect Identified

As paroled prison inmate Evan Spencer Abel.

The man who led authorities on a 100mph car chase in Texas, and who may be linked to the killing of Colorado’s state prison chief has been identified as paroled prison inmate Evan Spencer Ebel, authorities said Thursday. The 28-year-old inmate had reportedly been convicted of several crimes in Colorado since 2003, and was a member of a white-supremacist prison gang, the 211s. Authorities spotted Ebel leaving the home of prison chief Tom Clemens around the time he was shot Tuesday night. Ebel fired at police when they tried to arrest him, but was eventually shot. Ebel is now considered brain dead, said police, but has been hooked up to life support for organ harvesting.