A handcuffed suspect on his way to Washington Hospital Center in an ambulance Monday afternoon escaped the clutches of the District of Columbia police who had arrested him, police said Wednesday.
The man, who police have not yet identified, was arrested for domestic violence and needed treatment for a bloody head wound sliced open by his girlfriend’s shoe.
But when the officers opened the ambulance door upon reaching the hospital, they discovered him missing and his handcuffs dangling from a gurney.
Police cars had followed the ambulance and it’s believed the man escaped while the cruisers were parking and the ambulance continued to the emergency room.
Police say the fugitive is a black man with light complexion, about 25 years old, 175 pounds and 6-foot-2.
There is no policy requiring officers to ride with a suspect in an ambulance, although it is common practice.
