Fugitive Caught in Bismarck

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Fugitive Caught in Bismarck

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By Lauren Kalberer, News Anchor / Producer - email

A three-day manhunt in over.

The Bismarck Police Department has made an arrest of a suspect wanted in connection with a kidnapping of a female at gunpoint in Idaho.

Bismarck Police have arrested 57-year-old Mitchell Lee Walck.

Today at around noon, Police were called to the Oasis Truck Stop.

A man from Solen, ND -- was returning to his truck -- and he found Walck inside his truck.

Walck threatened him with a handgun and then fled on foot into a nearby mobile home park.

As police arrived, a witness was able to direct officers to the area Walck was last seen.

They set up a perimeter and Walck was found hiding under a pine tree near the intersection of Patriot Drive and Lafayette Drive.

He was taken into custody without incident.

He had a 9mm handgun in his waistband at the time of his arrest.

Bismarck Police recovered a 2005 Silver Subaru Forester in a nearby parking lot that was reported stolen from Idaho.

In addition to being arrested for a warrant out of Idaho, Walck was arrested for unlawful entry to a motor vehicle, terrorizing and felon in possession of a firearm.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation was contacted and is investigating.

Walck is being held at the Burleigh County Detention Center.

Walck went on the run after a police pursuit late Friday night in Idaho.

Police there, say he fled from a traffic stop and shot at an Idaho State Police officer.

Multiple local agencies assisted with the search, which came up empty.

Walck then, allegedly kidnapped a woman at gunpoint on Sunday, forcing her to drive to Montana before letting her out of the car unharmed. Police believe Walck, a transient, abducted the woman to use her car to escape.

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