A convicted killer who escaped from a halfway house Wednesday morning is back in custody after police received tips from the public.

Anchorage Police Department said that 50-year-old Scott Brodine,

was taken into custody Saturday outside the Walmart on A. Street .

Brodine was allegedly "sitting outside the store" when officers made contact and arrested him without incident. Brodine had been in residential treatment for 77 days before he left at around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.