NYPD Searching For Escaped Brooklyn Prisoner

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN, NY — Police are looking for a prisoner (pictured above) who escaped from Kings County Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Layquan Johnson, 22, was arrested last December for a non-fatal shooting, according to the NYPD.

On the night of May 3, he was mistakenly released from the Court, located at 320 Jay St. near Johnson Street, after providing "false information" to guards with the Department of Corrections (DOC), police said.

“Any erroneous release is unacceptable and this incident is under investigation," a DOC spokesperson said Thursday.

The department also said it has suspended the captain responsible for Johnson's release.

Detectives described Johnson as a black male standing 6-foot-3-inches tall and weighing 220 lbs. He was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt, light-colored sneakers and dark-colored pants, police said.

Anyone with information on Johnson's whereabouts can confidentially report it on the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers website or anonymously call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). Los hispanohablantes pueden llamar 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

Tips can also be text-messaged to the NYPD by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577.