Last Regina prison escapee caught by police

The last of six escapees who broke out of a Regina prison last month has been captured, RCMP said Tuesday night.

Ryan Agecoutay was caught around 7:20 p.m. CT at the Star Blanket First Nation, about an hour outside Regina. Police said Agecoutay was captured following a police operation that lasted several hours.

A resident of the area, Noel Starblanket, said RCMP officers arrived around 3 p.m. CT and quickly took control of the area.

"They surrounded the Star Blanket village on the west end of the reserve and they were evacuating the village and just everyone was quite afraid for their safety and we were calling everyone that we could find to let them know to keep their doors locked,"Starblanket said, adding that some residents heard shots fired.

RCMP said in a statement that a perimeter was established around a home on the reserve after they arrived around 3:30 p.m CT. Two women exited the house just before 6 p.m. withoutincident. About half an hour later, two shots were fired from inside the house where Agecoutay was hiding.

"Members remained composed and negotiations continued which were successful," the statement read.

Agecoutay was taken into custody around 7:20 p.m. CT. Neitherhe nor any officers were injured, according to RCMP.

Agecoutay, 25,was one ofsix prisoners who escaped from the Regina Correctional Centre througha hole in a brick wall on Aug. 24.

He was in the remand section of the jail, awaiting additional pre-trial judicial processes relating to a charge of aggravated assault. Agecoutay is accused in an incident in Regina's north-central neighbourhood in April 2007 in which a man was seriously injured.

Policewere yet to charge Agecoutay Tuesday evening in connection with his prison escape.

The five other escapees who have been caught are Daniel Wolfe, 32, Preston Clarence Buffalocalf, 22, Cody Dillon Keenatch, 19, James Joseph Pewean, 25, and Kenneth Lee Iron, 23. Iron was captured almost immediately after the jailbreak.

Parole board documents, obtained by CBC, say Agecoutay was the leader of a violent riot in another correctional centre where he was housed in the past.

The same documents indicate Agecoutay hears voices in his head, but that he has declined to talk to a psychologist.

Agecoutay also has numerous gang affiliations inside and outside prison.