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 Police were searching a wooded area near Spokane, Washington, after an accused killer who escaped from a state psychiatric hospital showed up at his mother's home, authorities said. A man described as dangerous who escaped from the state psychiatric hospital in Lakewood was seen in the Spokane Valley area Thursday evening, according to the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies got a tip around 3:30 p.m. that Garver was at his parents’ house in the area of MacMahan Road and Offmy Lane.  A violent mental patient who escaped from a psychiatric hospital in Western Washington boarded a Greyhound bus for Spokane, sparking a massive manhunt Thursday in the foothills of Mount Spokane 
 
 Sheriff’s deputies and U.S. marshals called off the search for Anthony Garver at nightfall, but said they would keep extra patrols in the area and resume the search Friday. He is believed to be on foot and officials do not know if he is armed, Doty said, adding, “It’s possible he’s still in the area.” 
 
 Law enforcement has received information in the past that Garver may have a cache of weapons hidden in the East Valley area that haven’t been located, the sheriff said. @KHQLocalNews pic.twitter.com/nuTfqebrIA — Patrick Erickson KHQ (@patrickerickson) April 8, 2016 
 
 Garver was one of two patients that escaped from the Western State Hospital in Lakewood, southwest of Tacoma, Wednesday night. A judge determined Garver was not competent to stand trial for a final time shortly after that report and dismissed the murder charge against him, ordering him to be civilly committed to the hospital for ongoing treatment, saying he was a danger to himself or others. He is considered a threat to the public, and authorities urge anyone who sees him to keep a safe distance and call 911. Garver, 28, and 58-year-old Mark Alexander Adams escaped from Western State Hospital in Pierce County, south of Tacoma, sometime Wednesday evening. The other escapee, Mark Alexander Adams, was taken into custody near Des Moines, Washington, earlier Thursday, officials said. Lakewood Police Department via AP 
 
 Investigators believe Garver bought a bus ticket in Seattle to Spokane using cash and under the false name "John Anderson," Lakewood police Lt. Chris Lawler said. She said she wasn’t pleased Garver ended up at Western State Hospital rather than prison, but was “content” he was locked up, at least. “He’s out there among us, so not just my safety and family’s safety, but everybody’s safety” is at risk, she said. “He’s very dangerous.” 
 
 Garver, who may also go by Anthony Burke or Deryk Garver, is white and has long, curly brown hair and a beard or mustache. Garver, 28, is 5 feet 8 inches tall, a stocky 250 pounds, and was last seen wearing a brown, faded sweatshirt and orange flip-flops, police said. “He had a calm demeanor and was taken into custody without incident,” said Bob Bohl, a Des Moines Police Department commander. In June 2015, a psychologist reported Garver’s symptoms included hallucinations and delusions that were not responding to anti-psychotic medication. How escape happened 
 
 The two men climbed out the window of a room in the facility’s locked civil ward and left together on foot, according to news releases from the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), which runs the hospital, and from Lakewood police. Hospital staff discovered that the patients were missing about 6:45 p.m. during an hourly patient-status check, but they didn’t contact Lakewood police until 7:16 p.m., Spears said. The news release said it doesn’t appear the window or lock was defective, but that the bolts on the window may have been tampered with over several months. Lakewood Police Department 
 
 "The hospital is undergoing a complete safety review and plan to bring in outside experts to go through our facility," Carla Reyes, assistant director of the DSHS Behavioral Health Administration, said in a statement. “We are looking for him with everything we’ve got,” Knezovich said, adding that he’s frustrated the state of Washington continues to treat Garver as a “low-risk individual.” 
 
 History of escaping custody 
 
 Garver has a history of escaping custody. Marshals Service has a warrant out for Garver, according to police. After Garver failed to report to a work-release program in 2009, officials spent a month searching for him, finding him in the woods near Mount Spokane wearing camouflage clothing. In 2010, Garver led the Montana Highway Patrol on a chase, at one point driving the wrong way on Interstate 90 and trying to hit cars head-on. Western State Hospital has been under scrutiny over assaults on staff and worker shortages and nearly lost federal funding last fall because of safety issues. He was captured a day later.
– Authorities may be closing in on an alleged murderer who escaped from a Washington state psychiatric hospital: Officials say Anthony Garver's mom called 911 around 3:30pm Thursday after her son visited his parents' home near Spokane, reports NBC News. Garver fled before SWAT officers, K-9 units, and helicopters converged on the scene. They're now "trying to contain him in the area and see if we can locate him from where he left the house," an official says. However, police fear Garver may be armed. He was previously known to possess military-style weapons and explosives and may have a stash hidden in the area, officials tell the Spokesman-Review and Seattle Times. Court documents note Garver has threatened mass shootings, studied bombs and al-Qaeda training documents, and "aspired to emulate" the Oklahoma City bomber. "He's out there among us, so not just my safety and family's safety, but everybody's safety" is at risk, says the mother of the woman Garver is accused of killing. "He's very dangerous." Garver is actually no stranger to life on the run. After a stint in prison for weapons charges, he failed to show up for a work-release program in 2009, sparking a month-long manhunt. He was found hiding in the woods near Mount Spokane. He later escaped from a halfway house. On Wednesday, Garver and his roommate—since recaptured—escaped from Western State Hospital through a locked window on which the bolts "were tampered with over several months," the hospital says in a statement. He then made it to Seattle, where authorities believe he bought a bus ticket to Spokane using the name John Anderson and money he was allowed to have at the hospital.