SEATTLE — A man who escaped Tuesday from Washington State Department of Corrections’ custody while being transported through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport was arrested in Tacoma on Wednesday afternoon.

Authorities took John Nino, 20, back into custody around 4 p.m. after they followed a vehicle from King County where he was spotted in the passenger seat, DOC spokesperson Chris Wright said in an email.

Nino escaped custody while being taken through the airport just before 8 p.m. Tuesday, the DOC said.

Two DOC officers were leading Nino over the skybridge to the parking garage when he escaped Tuesday night, Wright said.

Nino was cuffed at the wrists and not at the ankles, Wright said. He was on his way to the South Correctional Entity, a multijurisdictional jail in Des Moines.

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