HOUSTON – Police say a handcuffed man got away from a Department of Public Safety trooper in west Houston late Wednesday night.
The trooper pulled the man over for a suspected traffic violation near the Gessner Road exit on the Katy Freeway just after 11:45 p.m. Wednesday.
The trooper had put the man in handcuffs and was in the process of arresting him when he ran off.
The officer chased the man who jumped over a freeway barrier and onto the feeder road near the Memorial City Mall.
He ran into the mall area and then into a neighborhood adjacent to the mall.
Houston police were called in to help with the search.
Despite more than an hour of searching with a K-9 unit and a helicopter, the escapee was not found.
The escapee's car was impounded.
Authorities eventually called off the search because the man was not considered a threat to the community.
Police said anyone who spots the handcuffed escapee should call them.