D.C. police said two men — ChristopherTaylor, 29, (left) and Eric Calvin Rucker, 49, (right) — escaped from the secure area of a hospital. (Courtesy of D.C. police )Police have apprehended two men who escaped from the secure area of a D.C. hospital Wednesday evening. D.C. police said Christopher Taylor, 29, and Eric Calvin Rucker, 49, escaped from United Medical Center along Southern Avenue in Southeast Washington. According to a police report, Rucker was arrested Tuesday and had been sent to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. On Wednesday, around 6 p.m., he ran through a secure door when it was opened by a hospital staffer, got downstairs and ran out the main lobby of the hospital.

Source: Washington Post May 17, 2018 11:21 UTC