[1] On October 12, 1992, Gurule entered U & I late at night and fatally shot restaurant co-owner Mike Piperis and employee Anthony Staton.
Nueces County District Attorney Carlos Valdéz called the killings a "crime that had had been building up over several years".
[2] Shortly after midnight, guards at a post spotted the escapees climbing, immediately raising the alarm and opening fire.
At this point, all six of Gurule's co-escapees surrendered, but Gurule ran approximately 100 ft over an open piece of land, scaled a barbed-wire fence, ran another 70 ft across a clearing, scaled a second barbed-wire fence and disappeared into the darkness outside the prison boundary, despite the guards having fired 18 shots at him.
[2] More than 500 officers from surrounding towns, cities and counties took part in the manhunt, which was supported by sniffer dogs, boats and helicopters.
Governor George W. Bush additionally called in the Texas Rangers and announced a 5,000-dollar reward for information leading to Gurule's capture.
[4] Gurule was wearing several layers of clothing and rolled up newspapers and cardboard to protect himself while scaling the prison's barbed-wire fences.