Police close motorway to chase murder suspect accidentally released from prison

Bungling police were forced to close a motorway as they hunted a murder suspect who they released from prison by mistake.

Steven Manzo is understood to have been freed following of a 'data entry error'.

Law enforcement sources said he was accidentally freed after detectives arrested him on suspicion of murder.

He is still at large following the mega gaffe in Los Angeles.

The 24-year-old was charged after fatal shooting of Salvador Corrales in July 2018.

He disappeared after running across the 101 Freeway in downtown LA in prison clothes.

Long Beach police public information officer Allison Gallagher said in a statement that the man should not have been released, but did not reveal how it happened – or who was to blame.

"Earlier today, we were notified by the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office that suspect Steven Manzo was released from custody after our Department had already filed criminal charges," she said.

"Upon further review, it was determined he should not have been released."

Sources said officials discovered an incorrect entry in a computer system had led to his release.

Long Beach's police department will work with local agencies "to make every effort to locate suspect Manzo to take him safely into custody," they said.

He was arrested in March 2020 after the shooting, which is thought to have happened following an argument in a car park.

Sheriff’s deputies spotted him around 3pm Tuesday near the 101 Freeway and Vignes Street and requested the Los Angeles Police Department’s help in apprehending him, a spokesman for the LAPD said.

Police set up a perimeter, and the California Highway Patrol diverted cars off the motorway.

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