Attempted murder suspect extradited back to Mississippi

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An attempted murder suspect who escaped from a Hernando, Mississippi courthouse over the summer is being extradited back to Mississippi.

The Mississippi Department of Public Safety confirmed that Joshua Zimmerman is being transferred back to the state.

However, the date of the extradition was not given.

On June 14, Zimmerman escaped from a DeSoto County courthouse after being scheduled for a hearing in a case where he was facing an attempted murder charge. He made it past the courtroom, down the stairs, past the metal detectors and guards at the front entrance without being noticed.

"So I've actually seen a video from inside the courthouse," said Matthew Barton, DeSoto County District Attorney. "They came inside the courthouse, they're going upstairs to the courtroom. He's wearing shackles and a jumpsuit like everybody else. He broke from the line, [and] went through a door. Sometime later, he left the courthouse with no shackles and street clothes."

Zimmerman is accused of attacking an elderly Southaven man who hired him to work at his house last September.

Escaped MS Inmate back in custody after standoff with U.S. Marshals in Chicago

He was on the run for two months before the United States Marshal Serivce alerted the DeSoto County Sheriff's Office that they'd found Zimmerman in a restaurant just blocks from the Democratic National Convention, in Chicago, Illinois.

A standoff ensued between Zimmerman and U.S. Marshals before the former was eventually taken into custody hours later.

He's also facing murder charges in Texas.