A man who escaped from a Mississippi courthouse and is wanted on murder and armed robbery charges is in a standoff with police at a restaurant on the Near West Side, blocks from the Democratic National Convention.
Joshua Zimmerman has been sought by the U.S. Marshals Service since his escape in June and was located Tuesday at the restaurant in Chicago , according to Justin Smith, chief deputy with the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office in Mississippi.The U.S. Marshals Service said Zimmerman escaped from the circuit court building in Hernando, Mississippi, where he was being held on attempted murder and armed robbery charges.
It wasn’t immediately clear how authorities had tracked Zimmerman to Chicago and there was no indication of any connection to the Democratic National Convention. But he’s believed to be holed up inside the Seafood Junction on Madison and Western, located about a half-mile from the United Center in Chicago, where the convention is being held.Chicago police said SWAT has been on the scene since 4 a.m.
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