ATLANTA (AP) — Officials are searching Tuesday for a Georgia inmate who escaped from a hospital and is considered armed and dangerous, according to law enforcement.

Timothy Shane, 52, had been taken to a hospital in Atlanta on Sunday evening, according to a statement from the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office. He escaped from the hospital around 1 a.m. Monday and stole an SUV parked nearby.

Shane, who was booked into jail on felony drug and weapon charges, crashed and left the car, taking a Glock handgun from the vehicle with him, according to the sheriff’s office.

Officials announced Monday they spotted him on video footage stealing a Pontiac Grand Prix near the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. They later found the car outside a grocery store in Henry County, about 33 miles (53.1 kilom

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