BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A man shot by Bismarck police allegedly tried to escape from his hospital room.
Travis Clark is in custody on outstanding warrants while he’s hospitalized recovering from gunshot wounds he suffered Jan. 31 after allegedly disobeying orders from an officer and reaching for what officers believed was a weapon.
Police say Clark was unshackled on Sunday so he could use the bathroom, and he allegedly assaulted a 63-year-old private security officer, bit through his IV tube and ran from the hospital and into a vehicle. He later left the vehicle without incident and was returned to custody.
Clark has not been charged in either the police shooting or the alleged hospital escape attempt. Court documents don’t list an attorney for him on the outstanding warrants.
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