GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — Law enforcement said a man who escaped from a Gaston County prison Thursday has been captured in Bessemer City.
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Officers were looking in Gastonia for 51-year-old Shannon Thomas Galloway, according to the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction. He was seen climbing over the fence at Gaston Correctional Center around 10:30 a.m. Thursday.
He allegedly stole a vehicle from Walmart in Gastonia, which local law enforcement spotted in Bessemer City. Following a pursuit, he surrendered at about 6:20 p.m. at East Virginia Avenue and North 8th Street in Bessemer City.
Galloway was serving a two-year sentence for larceny as a minimum-custody offender at the prison. He was scheduled to be released on May 8.
He will be facing more charges.
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