LOUISVILLE, Ky. — An escaped inmate from Ohio was found hiding in Louisville, Kentucky after he was on the run for nearly a week.

The FBI took Jerry Lee Cooper into custody after a multi-state manhunt. Cooper is accused of attempted murder.

Credit: FBI Louisville

Law enforcement officials say Cooper and another man, Roy Butler, broke a window at the Brown County Adult Detention Facility in Ohio and scaled a fence to escape.

Butler was captured less than a day later, but Cooper remained on the run for more than five days. Authorities described him as armed and dangerous, and there were multiple sightings of him reported.

In addition to Cooper’s arrest, a couple from Ohio has also been taken into custody for allegedly helping him during his escape. Investigators believe they picked Coop

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