Posted on 03/31/2015 7:31:41 AM PDT by bassyak
FAIRFAX -- Police are searching for an armed prisoner who escaped from Inova Fairfax Hospital around 4 a.m.
Police say the suspect is a black man named Wossen Assaye. He's 6 feet tall, 170 pounds, wearing only a hospital gown with no shoes.
He is on the run in a stolen silver Toyota Camry with front-end damage, the police said in a Tweet. The license plate on the car has Virginia tags and number XZP-8153. He may be with his girlfriend.
Assaye - transported to Inova Fairfax from the Alexandria jail overnight - managed to overpower the two private security guards who were monitoring him and steal a gun. He is armed and on the loose.
Police report one shot was fired, but no one was injured.
Assaye was being held by Alexandria City on federal charges for armed bank robbery. He was taken to the hospital for medical treatment after he attempted to harm himself.
Inova Fairfax is no longer on lockdown and employees are able to return to work. The roads surrounding the hospital have been reopened, though police will remain in the area.
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Thanks for posting. Heard on Chris Plante.
Hopefully he’ll end up crashing the gate at Fort Meade.
Sounds like he wasn't attempting to harm himself as much as looking to catch a ride to the outside of the prison walls...
Caught getting off a bus in SE DC.
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