UPDATE: ‘Dangerous escapee’ apprehended in West Virginia

A “dangerous escapee” wanted in an officer-involved shooting in Ohio was apprehended late Sunday in West Virginia, the Ohio State Highway Patrol announced Monday.

Jacob D. Davidson, 38, was taken into custody shortly after 11:30 p.m. by West Virginia State Police near Chapmanville, W.Va., after he escaped Thursday from Twin Valley Behavioral Heath Hospital in Columbus, according to a release from the patrol.

Credit: Crawford County Sheriff's Office

“Davidson should be considered dangerous. If spotted, do not approach and contact law enforcement immediately,” the patrol said in a public appeal released Friday to help find him.

Davidson was being held on numerous felony charges in connection to a Nov. 10 shooting in Morrow County that led to an officer-involved shooting with the Bucyrus Police Department.

He later was indicted for felonious assault, discharging a firearm on or near a prohibited premises, disrupting public services and improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle, all felony charges. He was ordered held on $2 million bail before he was transferred Dec. 20 from the Crawford County Jail to Twin Valley Behavioral Health, the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office posted Monday on social media.

He is held in the Western Regional Jail until he can be extradited to Ohio.

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