Fugitive Casey White was ready to interact in a shootout with legislation enforcement as he led police on the high-speed chase that finally resulted in his seize.

White had been serving a 75-year jail sentence in Lauderdale County, Alabama, and was going through one other trial for capital homicide expenses when he was aided in escaping custody by corrections officer Vicky White (no relation). A nationwide manhunt ensued for practically two weeks, with the pair finally being tracked all the way down to a lodge in Evansville, Indiana, late Monday.

Throughout a press convention on Tuesday, Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding ceremony reported that officers concerned within the chase Monday night managed to subdue the pair by utilizing their automobiles to push the Whites' Cadillac off the street. Had they not been stopped in that method, Wedding ceremony mentioned that Casey White deliberate to interact in a shootout with legislation enforcement.

The sheriff mentioned that the convict explicitly spoke about that intention with investigators throughout an hours-long interrogation after his seize. Throughout a search of the car, legislation enforcement discovered quite a few firearms, together with an AR-15.

Alabama capital murder suspect Casey White
The manhunt for escaped Alabama capital homicide suspect Casey White (L) got here to an finish late on Monday, practically two weeks after corrections officer Vicky White (R) was suspected of serving to him flee from jail. LAUDERDALE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

The search of the car turned up a number of different issues of curiosity, together with round $29,000 in money. Wedding ceremony couldn't affirm the place the cash had come from however speculated that it may need been associated to Vicky White promoting her residence not lengthy earlier than the pair disappeared. Officers additionally discovered a number of wigs within the Cadillac.

Wedding ceremony confirmed that Vicky White shot herself "nearly instantaneously" after the Cadillac was pushed off the street, earlier than officers and deputies have been in a position to attain the pair. Life-saving measures have been utilized to the corrections officer, however she later died from her self-inflicted harm at a hospital.

Wedding ceremony mentioned that Vicky White had acted of her personal free will in serving to White escape. He additionally shot down rumors that the pair had gotten married whereas on the run. Investigators in Alabama have been informed earlier by different inmates on the Lauderdale County Corrections Middle that the 2 had a "particular relationship."

Vicky White was final seen previous to the incident on April 29, when she claimed that she was taking Casey White to a close-by courthouse for a psychological well being analysis. The pair by no means arrived there, and the squad automotive they'd taken was later discovered deserted in a shopping mall parking zone.

The 2 fugitives have been reportedly laying low in Evansville whereas planning their subsequent transfer. Wedding ceremony mentioned that town was not their deliberate closing vacation spot, and it's believed that they didn't have any household or pals within the space.

Newsweek reached out to the Evansville Police Division for remark.