Lake Station Detective Mike Smith (left) and Lake Station Officer Dennis Dover (right) escort Garrick Thomas, 24, (center) who escaped police custody and was recaptured at Miller Village Apartments in the Miller section of Gary, Ind. Tuesday December 11, 2012. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

Residents watch from a window as police rush back inside an apartment unit as suspect Garrick Thomas, 24, is captured hiding in a closet at Miller Village Apartments in the Miller section of Gary, Ind. Tuesday December 11, 2012. Thomas escaped police custody and police from various agencies searched the area near U.S. 12 and County Line Road. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

Police detain Garrick Thomas, 24, on the sidewalk after he was recaptured hiding inside a unit at Miller Village Apartments in the Miller section of Gary, Ind. Tuesday December 11, 2012. Thomas escaped police custody, according to police, and officers from several agencies searched the area of U.S. 12 and County Line Road before Lake Station police found him hiding in a closet. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

Garrick Thomas, 24, is detained, with the Taser wire still attached, after he was captured at Miller Village Apartments in the Miller section of Gary, Ind. Tuesday December 11, 2012. Lake Station police discovered him hiding in a closet inside an apartment and he was Tasered during a struggle, according to police. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

Garrick Thomas, 24, still has Taser wires attached after he was recaptured at Miller Village Apartments in the Miller section of Gary, Ind. Tuesday December 11, 2012. According to police, Thomas escaped police custody while handcuffed leading officers from several departments to search for him in the area of U.S. 12 and County Line Road before he was discovered hiding in a closet where he put up a struggle and was Tasered. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

Gary Police Patrolman Andrew Cuevas (left) and Patrolman Demonte Yanders search oustide an apartment unit for Garrick Thomas, 24, who escaped police custody and was recaptured at Miller Village Apartments in the Miller section of Gary, Ind. Tuesday December 11, 2012. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

Residents watch as police recapture an escaped and handcuffed subject at Miller Village Apartments in the Miller section of Gary, Ind. Tuesday December 11, 2012. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media