JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Update: Dec. 11, 2020: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said that the suspect of an officer-involved shooting reported in Greene County has been arrested after escaping from the hospital.
According to TBI, Mark Hanselman has been located and arrested by the Johnson City Police Department.
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The ETSU campus in Johnson City was under a shelter-in-place order Friday morning because of an armed and dangerous suspect. That order has since been lifted.
That suspect, according to the Greene Co. Sheriff is Mark Hanselman, 55, of Indiana. He was shot by Greene Co. deputies last week after he was caught trying to burn down a garage. He was armed with a rifle and refused to put it down, the TBI said.
Sheriff Wesley Holt said Hanselman escaped from Johnson City Medical Center. He told WCYB that Hanselman had tested positive for COVID-19 and was awaiting surgery on Friday. There was not a guard present because he was being held in isolation in the hospital's COVID-19 unit.
Holt said charges of aggravated burglary, theft and convicted felon in possession of a firearm are pending against Hanselman.
Investigators are still working to determine how he left the hospital.
The Johnson City Police Department believes he may be wearing grey sweatpants.
Police added there is no indication that Hanselman obtained any weapons, according to WCYB.
ETSU said the initial alert went out "with an abundance of caution" and the shelter in place was lifted around 10:30 p.m.