Arrested Wednesday, escaped on Thursday. Have you seen this man?
>> NUMBER ONE, SOURCE FOR LOCAL
NEWS. THIS IS WRAL.
>> RIGHT NOW AT FIVE-THIRTY,
AUTHORITIES ARE ACTIVELY
SEARCHING FOR AN ESCAPED
INMATE. IT'S BEEN NEARLY 24
HOURS SINCE TO KRON. HOFFMAN
TOOK OFF FROM CAPE FEAR VALLEY
MEDICAL CENTER WHERE HE WAS
BEING EVALUATED AT THE TIME.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
I'M LENA TILLETT AND I'M ASHLEY
WROTE WRAL'S BRETT KNESE
EXPLAINS. WE'RE LEARNING MORE
ABOUT HIM.
>> AND THE CHARGES HE'S FACING.
>> CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL
CENTER WAS PUT ON A BRIEF
LOCKDOWN LAST NIGHT, BUT QUITE
OFTEN STILL MANAGE TO GET AWAY.
AND NOW RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA
WANT TO KNOW HOW THAT WAS
POSSIBLE.
OVERNIGHT, FAYETTEVILLE POLICE
OFFICERS AND CUMBERLAND COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES PUTTING OUT
A MASSIVE SEARCH FOR THE QUAN
HOFFMAN.
>> THE SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS THE
30 YEAR-OLD WAS BEING TREATED
HERE AT CAPE FEAR VALLEY
MEDICAL CENTER WHEN HE SOMEHOW
MANAGED TO ESCAPE AROUND 9.45
THURSDAY NIGHT. A SEARCH
FOCUSING ON THE AREA AROUND
THE HOSPITAL AND NEAR THIS
MOTEL 6 ON BRAGG BOULEVARD
ABOUT 5 MILES AWAY. THAT'S
WHERE THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS
HOFFMAN WAS LAST SEEN AROUND
03:00AM. BUT WHEN I ASKED
WORKERS HERE, IF THEY KNEW
ABOUT THAT, THEY SAID NO.
THEY TOLD ME THEY WEREN'T EVEN
SURE IF THE DOZENS OF CAMERAS
THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY EVEN
SPOTTED HIM.
HALF AND WAS ARRESTED 2 DAYS
AGO ON SEVERAL CHARGES,
INCLUDING OUTSTANDING WARRANTS
FOR LARCENY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
POSSESSION OF A STOLEN VEHICLE
AND BREAKING AND ENTERING A
VEHICLE. HE WAS ALSO WANTED
FOR VIOLATING HIS PROBATION
AND KIDNAPPING FUN. PREVIOUSLY
PLED GUILTY TO GUN CHARGES.
THIS IS THE SCENE IN 2018, ONE
HALF AND GOT OUT OF A CAR AT
THE INTERSECTION OF MORGANTON
AND SKIBO ROAD. HE WALKED OVER
TO A SECOND CAR THAT WAS
STOPPED ALONGSIDE AND FIRED
2 SHOTS. ONE OF THEM HITTING
THE DRIVER AND 2019 HASAN WAS
SENTENCED TO OVER 6 YEARS IN
PRISON, FOLLOWED BY 3 YEARS
OF PROBATION. I'M WORKING TO
LEARN HOW HE ESCAPED CUSTODY
FROM THE HOSPITAL. BRETT KNESE