NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Metro Nashville Police Department is searching for a man who reportedly escaped custody near a hospital on Wednesday morning.

MNPD reports that an escape warrant has been issued for 20-year-old Marcus Stanton.

Stanton is accused of running away from an officer who was escorting him from Nashville General Hospital to be booked on multiple warrants for auto and gun thefts, according to police. He was arrested earlier on Wednesday.

BREAKING: An escape warrant is being issued for Marcus Stanton, 20, who ran from an officer who was escorting him from General Hospital to be booked on multiple warrants for auto/gun theft and related charges following his arrest early this am. He was handcuffed with arms behind… pic.twitter.com/ha536Be0TR — Metro Nashville PD (@M

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