Escaped Mississippi inmate taken into custody near Chicago's United Center after hourslong standoff

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An escaped Mississippi inmate, on the run since mid-June, was taken into custody in Chicago on Wednesday morning after an hourslong standoff with U.S. Marshals. The DeSoto County (Miss.) Sheriff's Office announced Tuesday night that escaped inmate Joshua Zimmerman was barricaded inside a Near West Side restaurant in the 2300 block of West Madison Street, close to where the Democratic National Convention is being held this week, and was surrounded by U.S. Marshals.