Conrad Murray was released from Los Angeles County jail early Monday, Breaking Celebrity News has learned.

With reporters and fans of Michael Jackson waiting outside for Murray, Los Angeles sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said authorities assisted escorting Murray off the premises for "safety and security" issues.

Murray was sentenced in 2011 to four years for his involuntary manslaughter conviction in Michael Jackson's 2009 death from an overdose of propofol. He walks out of the facility having served served two years, to the chagrin of the Jackson family.