NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A wanted felon from Williamson County led detectives on a pursuit into Nashville Thursday morning, triggering a temporary lockdown at St. Thomas West Hospital before the suspect fled the scene.

According to the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office, two detectives working an unrelated case near Old Hickory Boulevard around 9:37 a.m. spotted William Matthew Frankenbach, 46, of Brentwood — a suspect wanted on multiple felony warrants. When they attempted to stop him, Frankenbach sped off, leading officers on a pursuit that ended near St. Thomas West Hospital, where he abandoned his vehicle and entered the facility.

The hospital was placed on lockdown as law enforcement conducted a search for the suspect.

In a statement attributed to an Ascension Saint Thomas spokesp

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