Video Shows Homicide Suspect Escaping From Cuffs
Alonso Perez was on the run for nearly a week.
— -- A new surveillance video shows a Las Vegas homicide suspect escaping from handcuffs last week in a police interview room.
The footage, obtained by ABC affiliate KTNV, shows the suspect, Alonso Perez, struggling to free his right arm from the cuffs on Sept. 2 and some 25 seconds later, breaking free.
Perez, 25, was recaptured on Tuesday around 8 p.m. after surrendering to police and FBI fugitive-hunters, who found him in an apartment several miles east of downtown Las Vegas, North Las Vegas police Officer Aaron Patty told The AP.
On Friday, police say Perez was alone in a detective office interview room when he broke the hinge of his handcuffs and escaped with one cuff attached to a table and one cuff still on his right wrist.
Patty said a departmental investigation has begun.
"Now we can focus on preventing this from happening again," he said.