An escaped prisoner, who was convicted for the attempted murder of a Delaware police officer, has been recaptured on Wednesday, ending a five day manhunt that involved the Untied State Marshall team and six other law enforcement agencies.

28-year-old David Watson was located in a small pipe in a wooded area of Jessup, Maryland. The place where police located the prisoner was near the hospital; he was being transported to, when he escaped from custody last Friday.

The drainage pipe where he was found was about 500 meters from the location he escaped.

The Howard County Police Department said: “Although the pipe had been confirmed earlier in the day, officers with night vision equipment rechecked the area after dark.” Officer found Watson laying inside, attempting to hide.

Police took Watson into custody at around 10 p.m., the department said.

Officers found cookies and Tootsie Rolls, which he may have scavenged from a nearby vehicle for sustenance.

The manhunt ended after an intense search. The law enforcement agencies utilized bloodhounds, K-9 units and helicopters with heat-seeking technology.

The prisoner escaped last week while he was being transported in a van from the Wicomico County Corrections Center to the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup to undergo a six-month psychiatric evaluation, the police department said.

When a guard opened the van doors, Watson pushed the guard down and plunged into the woods, said Sherry Llewellyn, spokesperson for the Howard County Police Department.

Watson was sentenced to more than 100 years in prison for attempted murder. He shot at a police officer’s house in 2012. He is also facing several charges in Wicomico County and Maryland for multiple counts of attempted murder.

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