(CNN) — Authorities have arrested Joshua Zimmerman, a Mississippi inmate who escaped two months ago and barricaded himself in a Chicago restaurant on Tuesday, the U.S. Marshals Service said Wednesday.
No further details were initially released about Zimmerman’s arrest, including whether he was armed or whether anyone was injured.
Zimmerman barricaded himself in a seafood restaurant in the 2300 block of Madison Street on Tuesday, just blocks from the site of the Democratic National Convention, the U.S. Marshals Service said.
Zimmerman, 30, fled DeSoto County in northwest Mississippi, about 25 miles south of Memphis, on June 14. It’s not clear how he got to Chicago, said Justin Smith, a deputy sheriff with the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office.
Zimmerman is wanted for murder, escape and armed robbery, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
Marshals notified the sheriff’s office on Tuesday that Zimmerman had been tracked down at a restaurant and had barricaded himself inside the building, Smith said.
It was initially unclear whether Zimmerman had any connections to Chicago. However, the Mississippi Sheriff’s Office is hoping for Zimmerman’s extradition.
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