Marshals involved in the manhunt 
 
 3 inmates are held in one cell; 1 screams, says another is sick, sheriff says 
 
 The inmates jump a jailer, then fled on foot, the Choctaw County Sheriff adds 
 
 The jailer, who was allegedly choked, was treated at a nearby hospital, he says 
 
 Two men charged with murder and another being held on armed robbery charges escaped early Saturday from a rural Alabama county jail, a local sheriff said. ET) when one started screaming, saying another of them was very sick, Choctaw County Sheriff Tom Abate said. And Gordon was involved with the alleged armed robbery of a convenience store, according to the report 
 
 The inmates in the cell attacked the guard by choking him and stole his keys and cell phone before running away, Abate told CNN. Local authorities using tracking dogs tracked the escaped inmates about one-quarter mile away down State Highway 17 in Butler, Alabama, where Abate said they were either picked up or had a vehicle waiting for them. The two escapees who were being held on capital murder charges, for separate incidents, are 23-year-old Demarcus Woodward for allegedly fatally shooting a work release inmate and 32-year-old Gemayel Culbert for his involvement in the killing of two people at a private club in northern Choctaw County. After searching the immediate area around Butler, a city of about 2,000 residents in southwest Alabama, authorities have expanded the search for the three men -- Demarcus Woodard, 23; Germayel Culbert, 32; and Justin Terrell Gordon, 23, -- to other areas. The jailer who these inmates allegedly choked was treated and released at an area hospital, Abate said Saturday morning.
– The search is on in Alabama after two men charged with murder and another charged with armed robbery escaped their shared prison cell. Prior to the escape, one of the three began shouting in the cell, saying a cellmate was ill, the Choctaw County sheriff says. A guard checked up on them to find that one was throwing up, CNN reports. He opened the cell door, and the men attacked him, grabbing his keys and cell phone, the sheriff says. The guard was hospitalized and released after allegedly being choked. Now, authorities are looking for Demarcus Woodard, 23, Gemayel Culbert, 32, and Justin Terrell Gordon, 23, the Choctaw Sun-Advocate reports. "I've got three bad inmates, two capital murders and one armed robber, who are on foot," the sheriff tells AL.com. Dogs followed a trail to a highway near the prison, where officials think the men may have been picked up.