Homicide suspect who fled a Northern California hospital is captured a day after his escape

Published July 10, 2023 5:46 PM

By TRÂN NGUYỄN
Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A homicide suspect who fled a Northern California hospital while in custody and under guard over the weekend was recaptured near a residential neighborhood after a barking dog alerted deputies to his hiding spot in heavy brush. The Placer County Sheriff’s Office says Eric Abril was caught around 12:20 p.m. Monday. Abril had been missing for more than 24 hours after escaping a local hospital. He was arrested in April in the shooting of a California Highway Patrol officer and two hostages. One person was killed in the attack, which happened at a park in the Sacramento suburb of Roseville.

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