A murder suspect who escaped police custody last month has been recaptured in Washington D.C.
Washington D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department said in itsown statementthat Haynes was captured with the help of its MPD Falcon 1 helicopter. Police said after his capture, he was taken to the Homicide Branch “where he will be charged with the escape” in addition to the “August 2023 murder of Brent Hayward.”
Police said in the statement that Haynes was arrested in Manassas, Virginia on Sept. 6 in connection to the murder of Brent Hayward on Aug. 12, in accordance with a DC Superior Court Arrest warrant.
He was later transported to George Washington Hospital after he “complained of ankle pain from a pre-existing injury” while being processed, according to police.
While at the hospital, an officer tried to change his handcuffs to cuff one of his hands to a gurney when Haynes “physically assaulted” the officer and “fled from the hospital with one handcuff still attached to his right wrist,” per the statement. Police said two officers who had been with Haynes at the time tried to chase him but were unable to catch him.
Washington D.C Metropolitan Police
Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said in apost on X, formerly known as Twitter, that they placed “temporary, precautionary closures” as well as “support units in the area” around the White House, which was located less than a mile from the hospital where Haynes escaped.
George Washington University also said it had canceled all in-person classes, events and other activities as a precaution, perNBC News.
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This isn’t the first time Haynes has been accused of assaulting officers. In September 2020, he allegedly tried to strike three Prince William County police officers with his vehicle and pleaded guilty to three counts of attempted malicious wounding on law enforcement officers, perFox 5 News.
source: people.com
