Man escapes mental hospital in Oregon while fully shackled and drives away

Published August 31, 2023 4:59 PM

By ANDREW SELSKY
Associated Press

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon police say a dangerous man has escaped from the state’s psychiatric hospital despite being fully shackled. He was last seen driving south on Interstate 5 near Salem in a stolen white van. The Oregon State Police said Thursday that Christopher Pray was charged with attempted murder, robbery, assault and being a felon in possession of a firearm. He’d been sent to the Oregon State Hospital after he was found unfit to proceed to trial. State police did not specify how he managed to escape despite being fully restrained with leg shackles, a belly chain, handcuffs and a restraint connecting all three.

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