--- description: Wossen Assaye has been captured after a 9-hour manhunt title: Runaway Prisoner Captured After 9-Hour Manhunt in Virginia image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt77deb23929f35372/698785fb2dce014da09de4b6/wossen-assaye.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Runaway Prisoner Captured After 9-Hour Manhunt in Virginia by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 2:04 PM CUTPublished: Mar 31, 2015 11:17 AM CUT  A prisoner identified as Wossen Assaye in an undated photo released by the Fairfax County Police Department in Fairfax, Va., on March 31, 2015. A prisoner identified as Wossen Assaye in an undated photo released by the Fairfax County Police Department in Fairfax, Va., on March 31, 2015.Fairfax County Police Department/Reuters by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 2:04 PM CUTPublished: Mar 31, 2015 11:17 AM CUT An accused bank robber who authorities said escaped custody at a Virginia hospital, stole a gun and led authorities on a nine-hour manhunt has been captured, [according to NBC Washington](http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Active-Shooter-Reported-at-Inova-Fairfax-Hospital-298106511.html "undefined"). Wossen Assaye was captured in Washington, D.C., after a massive pursuit, a high-ranking police official told NBC Washington. He was taken into custody around 11:30 a.m. ET Tuesday. Assaye was being treated at Inova Fairfax Hospital before he grabbed a security guard’s gun and fled in his gown and bare feet early Tuesday, authorities said. He later carjacked a woman several miles away, they said. He overpowered the guard at the… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-investigate-incident-inova-hospital-fairfax-virginia-n333051?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3764937/fairfax-police-prisoner-hospital-wossen-assaye/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3764937/fairfax-police-prisoner-hospital-wossen-assaye/"},"headline":"Runaway Prisoner Captured After 9-Hour Manhunt in Virginia","datePublished":"2015-03-31T11:17:37.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T14:04:35.000Z","description":"Wossen Assaye has been captured after a 9-hour manhunt","url":"https://time.com/3764937/fairfax-police-prisoner-hospital-wossen-assaye/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt77deb23929f35372/698785fb2dce014da09de4b6/wossen-assaye.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt77deb23929f35372/698785fb2dce014da09de4b6/wossen-assaye.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"A prisoner identified as Wossen Assaye in an undated photo released by the Fairfax County Police Department in Fairfax, Va., on March 31, 2015.","caption":"A prisoner identified as Wossen Assaye in an undated photo released by the Fairfax County Police Department in Fairfax, Va., on March 31, 2015.","creditText":"Fairfax County Police Department/Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3764937/fairfax-police-prisoner-hospital-wossen-assaye/","name":"Runaway Prisoner Captured After 9-Hour Manhunt in Virginia"}}]}] ```