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A hospital patient is wanted in Virginia after he walked out of his treatment and stole an ambulance while still wearing a hospital gown and with an IV still in his arm on Monday, authorities said.
The theft happened around 9:30 p.m. outside Inova Fairfax Hospital, where the suspect had been receiving treatment following a vehicle crash, the Fairfax County Police Department said.
"While not yet discharged, he walked away from treatment with an IV in his arm, jumped in a private transport ambulance and stole it," police said, adding a photo of the suspect taken inside the ambulance.
While the ambulance was later recovered, police have yet to find the suspect.
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Police said the suspect was still wearing a hospital gown and had an IV stuck in his arm when he left the hospital and stole an ambulance. (Fairfax County Police Department )
Police identified the man as 32-year-old Rickey Lowe of Manassas, FOX5 Atlanta reported.
He is described as a Black man weighing 300 pounds with a shaved head and tattoos on his arms.
The suspect stole an ambulance outside the Inova Fairfax Hospital, police said. (Google Maps)
Police said Lowe was a passenger in a crash on U.S. Route 50 near Interstate 66 in Virginia earlier that day, the station reported.
Police believe the vehicle Lowe was in had been stolen from a home in Manassas. Investigators recovered two firearms and narcotics from inside the vehicle following the crash, according to the local station.
Police told Fox News Digital the Fugitive Track and Apprehension squad detectives are actively searching for Lowe.
At about 11:30 p.m. on Monday, officers in Prince William County reported possibly seeing Lowe, which led to an extensive search involving the Fairfax Police Department helicopter, police said.
Despite the search, Lowe was not located.
Authorities asked anyone with information about the Lowe's whereabouts to contact police.
Fox News Digital's Greg Wehner contributed to this story.
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