On the evening of September 11 , 2014 , 19-year-old T.J. Lane , the perpetrator of the Chardon High School shooting , escaped from the prison along with two other inmates . Lane had been a difficult inmate , being disciplined seven times during the 18 months he spent in prison since being sentenced to three life sentences for the shooting deaths of his victims . Escapee Lindsey Bruce was quickly recaptured , and soon after , Lane was also taken back into custody . The third fugitive , Clifford E. Opperud , 45 , who was serving time for aggravated robbery , burglary , and kidnapping was the last to be recaptured , being found in the early morning hours of September 12
Chardon High School shooting
Chardon High School shooting
Allen-Oakwood Correctional Institution