Inmate escapes from transport van in Phoenix

PHOENIX — An inmate being taken to another site escaped from a Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office transport van early Wednesday morning, triggering a manhunt.

MCSO looking for Michael Hoffman. Any info call 602-876-1030. pic.twitter.com/4Ve1jKalML

— Doug Matteson (@Det_D_Matteson) November 9, 2016

The sheriff’s office said Michael Hoffman, 25, kicked out a window of the van and got out near 35th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road.

He was captured about 1 p.m. in Avondale.

No other details were immediately available.

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