Manhunt is on for inmate who escaped from San Quentin
Authorities in Northern California are searching for an inmate who escaped from San Quentin State Prison overnight and pulled off a carjacking.
San Quentin spokesman Lt. Samuel Robinson says the 24-year-old inmate, Shalom Mendoza, was reported missing at 9:35 p.m. Wednesday during an institutional count.
He says Mendoza is believed to have carjacked a victim shortly after, fleeing in a Toyota RAV4 with California license plate number 6STZZ50.
Robinson says Mendoza was transferred in April to the prison from Los Angeles County to serve a five-year sentence for use of a deadly weapon during a carjacking and evading or attempting to evade a police officer while driving recklessly.
