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Inmate Who Escaped Dallas Hospital Is Caught

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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Dallas Police say an inmate being treated at Methodist Medical Center escaped Thursday afternoon but they caught him in a viaduct along Woodlawn around 5:40 p.m.

The search began in the Kessler Park area for Richard Williams, 19.  Williams is the one in the red jacket in the following photo.

Williams and another suspect allegedly pistol-whipped a man and stole his pickup truck.

He was last seen in a hospital gown.

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