A man who had escaped from a Mississippi courthouse and was wanted on murder and armed robbery charges has been apprehended following a standoff with police at a restaurant in Chicago, just blocks away from the Democratic National Convention. The suspect, identified as Joshua Zimmerman, was taken into custody on Wednesday morning by the U.S. Marshals Service.
Zimmerman had been on the run since his escape in June and was located at the Chicago restaurant on Tuesday. Authorities had been searching for him since he fled from the circuit court building in Hernando, Mississippi, where he was being held on charges of attempted murder and armed robbery. Additionally, he was awaiting extradition to Houston, Texas, where he faced murder charges.
