NEW : the Choctaw County Sheriff , Alabama . The three were locked down together in a single cell around 2 a.m. ( 3 a.m . ET ) when one started screaming , saying another of them was very sick , Choctaw County Sheriff Tom Abate said . Marshals involved in the manhunt . one inmates are held in 3 cell ; 1 screams , says another is sick , sheriff says . The inmates jump a jailer , then fled on foot , State Bureau of Investigation adds . The jailer , who was allegedly choked , was treated at a nearby hospital , he says .
NEW : the Choctaw County Sheriff , Alabama . Marshals involved in the manhunt . one inmates are held in 3 cell ; 1 screams , says another is sick , sheriff says . The inmates jump a jailer , then fled on foot , State Bureau of Investigation adds . The jailer , who was allegedly choked , was treated at a nearby hospital , he says .