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HAMPTON, GA. -- An alleged murderer who had escaped from an Alabama prison is back in jail because of his fondness for NASCAR.Authorities arrested Alabama fugitive Michael Lynn Sherer after they say he traded a gun for tickets to this weekend's NASCAR event at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Hampton police Officer Eric Hayes told WSB-TV that NASCAR souvenir vendors set up outside the speedway for this weekend's races alerted him on Wednesday to a man trying to sell a .22 caliber pistol. Hayes said the 51-year-old Sherer managed to trade the gun for two tickets to the race before the officer spotted him.
Authorities in Alabama say Hayes escaped from the Winston County jail, where he was being held on a murder charge in the killing of 52-year-old Thomas Lynn Smith on Aug. 24.
Hayes said that, when Sherer was approached by officers, he initially gave them victim Smith's name, but they suspected something was wrong when he stumbled over his birth date.
Hampton police say a hearing will be held soon to extradite Sherer back to Alabama.
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