Update: El Paso police locate stolen private ambulance

El Paso police have located a private ambulance stolen from an East Side hospital possibly by a psychiatric patient.

Police said the ambulance was found about 9:30 p.m. outside the Albertsons store at 5636 N. Desert on the West Side. A man suspected of taking the vehicle was also in custody.

The ambulance was parked outside the emergency room when it was taken around 8 p.m. from Del Sol Medical Center, according to police radio transmissions. The vehicle is Dominion Ambulance No. 9 and is white, red and yellow in color.

Daniel Borunda may be reached at dborunda@elpasotimes.com; 546-6102.

Previous 8:59 p.m.

El Paso police tonight are searching for a private ambulance stolen from an East Side hospital possibly by a psychiatric patient.

The ambulance was parked outside the emergency room when it was taken around 8 p.m. from Del Sol Medical Center, according to police radio transmissions. The vehicle is Dominion Ambulance No. 9 and is white, red and yellow in color.

Anyone with information may call police at 832-4400.

Daniel Borunda may be reached at dborunda@elpasotimes.com; 546-6102.