Officials Hunt for Escaped Harrison County Inmate

MARSHALL – The Harrison County Sheriff’s Department is searching for an inmate who escaped from a work detail around 11:00 Saturday night. Gary Lynn Gorman, 36, was with a crew that took out trash to a dumpster and he didn’t return. He is said to have escaped with the help of another inmate’s girlfriend, Terry (Harness) Douglas of Longview. Gorman is believed to be making his was to Dallas County, but he also has connections in Gregg, Upshur, and Marion counties and law enforcement agencies in those counties have been alerted.

The inmate’s description is a white male, 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing 180 pounds. He also has a shaved head and is very distinctive with numerous facial tattoos, including tattoos under the corners of each eye, a tattoo over his right eyebrow, a tattoo under the right side of his bottom lip and across the right side of his head. His arms and body are also covered in tattoos of various kinds.

If anyone has information they may contact the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office, or any law enforcement agency.