Twenty-three-year-old Sheldon Walker of a Callaloo Mews address in Kingston 11 on Saturday escaped from the Kingston Public Hospital where he was being treated under police guard.

Walker, who also goes by the names, Sheldon Anderson, Sheldon Richardson, Sheldon James and Tear Drops, is of dark complexion, slim build and about 170 centimetres (5 feet 7 inches) tall with tear drops tattooed under his eye.

The Hunts Bay police reported that the incident occurred about 3:30 p.m. when Walker asked permission to use the bathroom but was later discovered missing.

Anyone knowing his whereabouts is being asked to contact the Hunts Bay police at 923-7111, police 119 emergency number or the nearest police station.