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Published Aug. 9, 2022
Updated Aug. 9, 2022, 11:59 a.m. ET

An attempted-murder suspect leisurely jogged through a Bronx NYPD station house Monday during his caught-on-video escape, according to cops and police sources. 

The 23-year-old suspect – identified by police sources as Edurado Lacen – pushed a detective who had been processing him at the 40th Precinct station house on Alexander Avenue near East 138th Street in Mott Haven around 1:30 p.m., then fled, authorities said. 

Footage obtained by The Post shows him trotting out of the precinct uncuffed, with a detective at the same sauntering pace trailing behind him.

An officer stands outside Mott Haven's 40th Precinct, where an attempted murder suspect allegedly escaped from custody Monday.
An officer stands outside Mott Haven’s 40th Precinct, where an attempted-murder suspect escaped from custody Monday. Corbis via Getty Images
View of the entrance to the 40th Precinct station house in the Bronx.
Police were still looking for Edurado Lacen, a day after he escaped from custody at the 40th Precinct station house. J.C.Rice

Lacen, who is shown wearing red sweatpants, a black T-shirt and white sneakers, was last seen heading north on Morris Avenue from 140th Street. 

The suspect — who was initially cuffed in connection to a non-fatal shooting – was still on the loose Tuesday morning, cops said.Â