SEATTLE — A patient escaped from Washington’s largest psychiatric hospital, but was quickly captured.
Lt. Chris Lawler with the Lakewood Police Department says the patient got out of Western State Hospital for a brief period of time Monday but was back in custody soon after.
Lawler did not immediately have details about what happened but said he would release more information when it becomes available.
Monday’s escape follows the April 6 escape of two dangerous patients. One was caught the next morning and the other made it to Spokane and was on the run for two days before being caught.
An investigation by The Associated Press found that there have been 185 escapes or walk-aways from the 800-bed psychiatric hospital since 2013.
Associated Press
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