UPDATE: Mark Hanselman, the inmate whose escape from Johnson City Medical Center sent ETSU’s campus into a shelter in place Friday morning, has been found and taken into custody by Johnson City police, according to WJHL.
Previously reported:
The ETSU community received an alert Friday at 9:21 a.m. instructing people on campus to shelter in place due to the possibility of an “armed and dangerous” person on ground.
The shelter in place was lifted in a second alert at 10:34 a.m.
“The initial alert went out with an abundance of caution and the shelter in place has been lifted,” the second alert stated. “We have received additional information that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Johnson City Police and Washington County Sheriff’s Office are actively working the case.”
According to WJHL reporting, the person in question is Mark Hanselman, 55, of Indiana, an escaped inmate who is a suspect from a Greene County officer-involved shooting. Hanselman escaped from Johnson City Medical Center Friday, where he was supposed to receive surgery.
WJHL also reports that the Johnson City Police Department does not believe he is armed.
The alert said he is a white, 5-foot-8-inch tall, 150-pound male with brown hair and blue eyes, and he wears glasses. ETSU community members who see a person matching the description have been instructed to contact public safety at 423-439-4480.
