DALLAS — A carjacking suspect who escaped from a local hospital was captured Thursday afternoon, Dallas PD confirmed to News 8.
Police identified the suspect as 19-year-old Richard Williams in a statement Thursday afternoon. Williams is a suspect in a carjacking committed Thursday morning.
The search was initially focused on the Kessler Park area, in the southwest portion of the city, after the man escaped from Methodist Hospital, police said.
Around 11 a.m. Thursday, Williams and another suspect approached a man who was picking up aluminum cans and loading them into his truck, the statement read. Williams "pistol-whipped the victim and stole his pickup truck."
Officers captured Williams on the 3200 block of Kellogg Avenue before he was taken to Methodist Hospital, from which he later escaped while wearing a hospital gown.
Police were searching for Williams and the other suspect Thursday. Sources told News 8 extra officers were assigned to the search.
A source said Williams was in the hospital because he accidentally shot himself during the carjacking.
This story will be updated as soon as we learn more.
