Alberto Morales

Male, Hispanic

Date of the incident: 2/16/2013

Place of the incident:

Grapevine, Tarrant, TX
2100 Forest Hills Road

Alberto Morales escaped prison in Texas after stabbing a detective with his eyeglasses. He was was fatally shot after refusing to cooperate with officers. He was shot in a wooded area of Grapevine. Police said Morales used a sharp piece from his eyeglasses to stab a detective who was transferring him by car to Nevada, where Morales was to serve a sentence of 30 years to life after being convicted of a sexual assault.

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