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Man missing after leaving Fresno hospital

A man is missing after he broke a glass door and left Kaiser Hospital in northeast Fresno on Tuesday, Fresno police said.

Dennis Sujai Happawana, 25, was at Kaiser Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation when he became agitated and broke through a glass door around 3:40 a.m., Fresno police said. While at the hospital, he told police he wanted officers to kill him.

Happawana injured his foot in the process and a blood trail was followed to a vacant home near Fresno Street and Alluvial Avenue, Fresno police said. The home was searched and Happawana was not found.

He is around 5-foot-7, around 165 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes. He also suffers from Asperger’s syndrome.

Anyone with information should call the Fresno Police Department at 559-621-7000 or Detective Ted Garcia at 559-621-2499.

Razi Syed: 559-441-6679, @razisyed

This story was originally published March 22, 2016 at 11:14 PM with the headline "Man missing after leaving Fresno hospital."

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