Wossen Assaye has been caught on a Washington D.C. street nine hours after he escaped custody and sparked a manhunt early on Tuesday . Assaye , who is a suspect in multiple bank robberies , overpowered an armed guard at Falls Church in Inova Fairfax Hospital around 3am . He took the guard 's gun and fled wearing a light blue hospital gown . The hospital was placed on lockdown until a woman several miles away reported being carjacked by a man in a hospital gown . He later dumped her car and stole a second vehicle . He was caught in D.C. after a passerby recognized him and called police . Authorities say he has stolen $ 32,000 over a dozen robberies .
Wossen Assaye has been caught on a Washington D.C. street nine hours after he escaped custody and sparked a manhunt early on Tuesday . Assaye , who is a suspect in multiple bank robberies , overpowered an armed guard at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church around 3am . He took the guard 's gun and fled wearing a light blue hospital gown . The hospital was placed on lockdown until a woman several miles away reported being carjacked by a man in a hospital gown . He later dumped her car and stole a second vehicle . He was caught in D.C. after a passerby recognized him and called police . Authorities say he has stolen $ 32,000 over a dozen robberies .