The NYPD says that a murder suspect who escaped from a Brooklyn precinct has been caught.

The NYPD has announced that 24-year-old Brandon Santana was taken into custody after he was found hiding in a friend’s apartment in The Bronx.

Santana, escaped from the 78th precinct stationhouse hours after his arrest in the 2010 slaying of Alexander Santiago.

An officer was reportedly escorting Santana to a restroom when he knocked the officer down and escaped. He was reportedly not handcuffed at the time.

(YWN Desk – NYC)