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Two Oklahoma Inmates Are On the Run

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Law Enforcement in Oklahoma are searching for two convicts who escaped from a minimum security prison in Vinita.

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections says 37-year-old John Shepherd and 33-year-old Jason Pedro walked away from Northeast Oklahoma Correctional Center yesterday.between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. Monday.

Shepherd had been jailed since 2013 for possession of a stolen vehicle. Pedro had been imprisoned since 2014 for pointing a firearm and possessing a firearm after a felony conviction.