Inmate On Crutches Escapes Custody At Stroger

By Margaret Lyons in News on Apr 8, 2008 5:52PM

An inmate escaped custody at Stroger Hospital this morning, so if you see a dude running around wearing both a Department of Corrections jumpsuit and a cast...call the police.

Kirk Davis, 27, has been in Cook County jail since March 13 on aggravated battery charges and was being treated at the hospital for a leg injury.

From CBS 2:

He walked through the revolving door of the hospital with one officer behind him, and upon getting inside, he hit the officer on the head with one of his crutches.... When the officer fell, the inmate ran back out the front door....

Witnesses said...even though he still had one of his crutches in his hand and was wearing a leg cast, he ran as if nothing was wrong with him.

The man then ran through a couple of buildings and right into a waiting van, which took off, witnesses said. It was described as being either white or blue.

Davis is presumed dangerous. [WQAD, CBS 2, NBC 5, image via the hospital]