Authorities capture inmate who walked away from McAlester prison

MCALESTER, Okla. — Update: The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) said escaped inmate Hunter Bowers was captured.

According to ODOC, Bowers was taken into custody Thursday night around 10 p.m. on Jackie Brannon Correctional Center grounds.

Authorities are searching for inmate Hunter L. Bowers who walked away from Jackie Brannon Correctional Center at approximately 8:53 p.m. on Thursday.

Bowers is a 35-year-old white male who is 5′10″ and about 160 pounds. He has brown hair and hazel eyes.

He has a deer skull tattoo on his back, a cross, a deer hoof, another deer skull on his left arm, a cowboy and a tribal sleeve on his right arm, and a tattoo reading AMOR VINCIT OMNIA on his chest.

Bowers is serving a 6-year sentence for domestic assault and battery with a weapon out of Choctaw County.

If you see Bowers or know of his whereabouts, you’re asked to call 911 and to not approach him.