UPDATE: Joshua Zimmerman, an inmate who escaped from Hernando, Mississippi, was taken into custody Wednesday morning after a standoff with U.S. Marshals in Chicago, according to the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office.

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HERNANDO, Miss. — The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office announced that escaped inmate Joshua Zimmerman has been located in Chicago and is currently in a standoff with U.S. Marshals.

“This afternoon we received word from the United States Marshal Service that they located Zimmerman in a restaurant in Chicago, Illinois,” said DeSoto County Sherriff’s Office Deputy Chief Justin Smith.

Zimmerman is reportedly holed up in a seafood restaurant called “Seafood Junction” by himself and surrounded by U.S. Marshals. Smith said Zimmerman was eating when he was found.

Multiple streets are reportedly closed due to police activity in the area.

The S.W.A.T. team is attempting to talk him out of the restaurant.

Zimmerman escaped from a DeSoto County courthouse on June 14 and has not been seen since.

“This is as dangerous and as bad as they get,” Barton said in June. “He’s a career criminal. He has no regard for the safety of other people. It’s a miracle that nobody was hurt in the courthouse or on our square.”

Zimmerman was in the courthouse for a hearing in a case where he was facing an attempted murder charge.

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

Smith refused to provide more information on that case during Tuesday’s press conference.

“We’ve been intentionally quiet on this just waiting on facts to roll in, we try not to lobe careless accusations in the public space when we don’t have facts to speak to,” Smith said.

But when he went to court, Zimmerman escaped. From the courtroom, down the stairs, past the metal detectors and guards at the front entrance, Zimmerman apparently went unnoticed.

Barton told WREG what happened before Zimmerman even got to the courtroom.

“So I’ve actually I’ve seen a video from inside the courthouse,” Barton said. “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 also facing charges in Texas for the death of a woman.

The U.S. Marshals’ office and DeSoto County District Attorney’s Office each offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.

Even high-profile bounty hunter, Dog the Bounty Hunter offered a $20,000 reward of his own.

Once Zimmerman gets into U.S. Marshals’ custody, Smith said deputies plan on extraditing Zimmerman as soon as possible. That way, they can finally learn how Zimmerman managed to escape.

“We’re parsing together information and he is the center of that puzzle, so having him in our hands will give us some really good leads on how all of this transpired,” Smith said.

We will update this story as more information becomes available.