Manhunt for an escaped prisoner

This car at Cindy Lane and Backlick Road was crashed into by  a woman who had been carjacked by escapee Wossen Assaye. The woman managed to escape and the suspect drove off, police say. (WTOP/Jim Lavin)
This car at Cindy Lane and Backlick Road was crashed into by  a woman who had been carjacked by escapee Wossen Assaye. The woman managed to escape and the suspect drove off, police say. (WTOP/Jim L)
Wossen Assaye — a suspect in a federal armed robbery case in Alexandria — escaped Inova Fairfax Hospital early Tuesday morning. He was later found in Southeast D.C. (WTOP/Kristi King)
Wossen Assaye — a suspect in a federal armed robbery case in Alexandria — escaped Inova Fairfax Hospital early Tuesday morning. He was later found in Southeast D.C. (WTOP/Kristi King)
Fairfax County, Va. Police stand guard at Inova Fairfax Hospital Center in Falls Church, Va., Tuesday, March 31, 2015, where a prisoner broke free from his security guard and took his gun. One shot was fired early Tuesday as a guard wrestled with a prisoner, who then fled a northern Virginia hospital with a gun setting off a lockdown and search, police said. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Fairfax County, Va. Police stand guard at Inova Fairfax Hospital Center in Falls Church, Va., Tuesday, March 31, 2015, where a prisoner broke free from his security guard and took his gun. One shot was fired early Tuesday as a guard wrestled with a prisoner, who then fled a northern Virginia hospital with a gun setting off a lockdown and search, police said. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Police respond to investigate an active shooting situation early Tuesday morning at Inova Fairfax Hospital. (WTOP/Kristi King)
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Wossen Assaye — a suspect in a federal armed robbery case in Alexandria — escaped Inova Fairfax Hospital early Tuesday morning. He was later found in Southeast D.C. (WTOP/Kristi King)
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