( CNN ) -- A Texas inmate who escaped last week -- on foot even though he was thought to need a wheelchair -- has been recaptured , the U.S . Marshals Service said Monday . Arcade Comeaux Jr. , 49 , was carrying two loaded pistols when he was arrested without incident at 7:40 a.m. at a business in Houston , Texas , said U.S. Deputy Marshal Alfredo Perez . `` [ Comeaux ] was cold , wet , tired and hungry . He had had enough , '' Perez said . `` He was tired of running . '' The arrest was made by two Houston police officers responding to a suspicious-person call about a man who matched Comeaux 's description . Comeaux was sitting in the lobby a northeast Houston business , apparently in search of warmth and shelter , when officers approached , according to Houston officer Adrian Rodriguez . `` As soon as we saw him , we knew it was him , '' Rodriguez said at a news conference Monday afternoon . Comeaux was serving three life sentences when he escaped on November 30 while being transferred by two armed guards from Huntsville to Stiles . He produced a weapon and forced the two correctional officers to drive instead to Baytown , near Houston , where he handcuffed them together in the back of the van , took their weapons and one of their uniforms and ran away , officials said . Perez said authorities have n't confirmed whether the two pistols found on Comeaux Monday are the guards ' weapons , `` but they look to be the same . '' Perez said the marshals service had fielded hundreds of calls of sightings by citizens over the past week , and were responding to a Crimestoppers tip in the same area when they saw Comeaux taken into police custody . More than $ 30,000 in reward money had been posted by law enforcement agencies for information leading to his arrest . Comeaux was being transported Monday afternoon back into the custody of the Texas prison system , Perez said . Comeaux , who was on the marshals ' list of 15 most-wanted fugitives , was serving time for aggravated sexual assault and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon when he escaped . The 6-foot , 200-pound man was shackled and in a wheelchair , which he had said was needed for mobility , according to Michelle Lyons , director of public information for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Huntsville . Some 45 minutes into the transfer trip , as they were driving through Conroe , 40 minutes north of Houston , the prisoner pulled out a pistol and ordered the guards to drive south to Baytown . He fired once , but hit no one , officials said . Law enforcement officers found the unharmed officers an hour later . Comeaux was being transferred so he could be near a hospital in Galveston for treatment of the supposed paralysis he had suffered during a reported stroke , officials said . Comeaux 's criminal record dates back more than three decades . In 1979 , he received three 10-year sentences for rape of a child , aggravated rape of a child , and burglary of a building with the intent to commit theft , all in Harris County . He was released on mandatory supervision in 1983 , but he was returned to prison in 1984 after being convicted of indecency with a child and sentenced to 20 years . In June 1991 , he was released on mandatory supervision but returned as a violator four months later . Paroled in December 1993 , he was returned as a parole violator a year later . In February 1996 , he was again paroled , but was returned to prison in June 1998 with a life sentence for aggravated sexual assault . Though he had been in prison since , his criminal record did n't end . In July 1999 , he used his wheelchair to pin his wife against a wall during a contact visit and stabbed her 17 times with a homemade knife , said John Moriarty , inspector general of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice . He also stabbed another prison visitor who tried to intervene ; both victims survived . For that , Comeaux was convicted on two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and received two additional life sentences . He now will face additional felony charges . His escape led the legislator whose committee oversees Texas ' criminal justice system to call for a shakeup of the prison system . `` We just ca n't have security breaches of this nature , '' said Sen. John Whitmire , a Democrat from Houston who is chairman of the state Senate 's Criminal Justice Committee . Moriarty said such lapses are highly unusual in the state 's penal system . `` We have no open gun investigations other than this one , '' he said . `` The last one was several years ago . ''
NEW : Arcade Comeaux Jr. was `` cold , wet , tired and hungry , '' official says . NEW : Police say Comeaux had two pistols , was captured without incident . Comeaux escaped last week while being transported between prisons . He escaped on foot although he was supposedly paralyzed , officials say .