After a massive 2-week long manhunt, a former police chief and convicted killer was captured Friday by law enforcement 1.5 miles northwest of the prison he escaped from in the rugged mountains of northern Arkansas.

Grant Hardin, a former police chief in the small town of Gateway, was serving lengthy sentences for murder and rape. Eventually, his notoriety led to a TV documentary, “Devil in the Ozarks.”

Hardin briefly attempted to run from officers when he saw them approach Friday afternoon, but he was quickly tackled to the ground.

“He’d been on the run for a week and a half and probably didn’t have any energy left in him,” said Rand Champion, spokesman for the Arkansas prison system.

There’s no indication that Hardin was injured, though he will be checked for dehydration and other med

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