Sheriff: Alabama inmate and prison officer were prepared for a shoot-out

Vanderburgh County sheriff Dave Wedding shows a photograph of the Ford F-150 truck that fugitives Casey White and Vicky White were in when they were captured (Timothy D. Easley/AP)

A murder suspect and the prison officer who helped him escape from an Alabama jail were prepared for a shoot-out when they were captured, an Indiana sheriff said.

Authorities caught up with the fugitive pair on Monday, more than a week after the break-out and nearly 300 miles away, and rammed their car into a ditch after a brief chase.