Police search for suspicious man near Celebration Pointe, Gainesville FL
Other CrimesPolice are conducting a search near Celebration Pointe Avenue in Gainesville for a suspicious man. He was last seen near Steak 'n Shake and Target wearing varying descriptions including a white shirt or black long-sleeve shirt, black helmet, brown backpack, and riding an e-bike or skateboard. Officers are tracking the man using drone and body camera footage in the area near the Reserve at Kanapaha and Celebration Pointe.
Audio|Source: Gainesville Police and Alachua Fire
05:32
Transcript:
00:00
All right, I got access to Owens' body cam stuff now, so I'm going to try to get updated description of them for you.
00:11
Father Mike with a white shirt,
00:14
maybe a tie,
00:16
black helmet, just came out of Steak and Shake on an e-bike.
00:20
I'm assuming that's not going to be him.
00:24
Where does he exit from?
00:27
He's actually,
00:28
looks like he's throwing away something at the dumpster.
00:35
The drone's able to get a visible on him.
00:38
He'll after rescue, 62.
00:40
62.
00:41
Patient care transfer.
00:43
I'm moving around now.
00:49
I've actually been at the dumpster for a little while.
00:51
I don't know if he's talking to somebody in there or not.
00:54
If we get either great.
00:56
Alpha 3, 2, 4J4J.
01:02
Alpha 3, 2, 4J4J.
01:08
He's got a helmet on a brown backpack.
01:10
He just put the backpack on, blue jeans, heavy-set blackmail looks like.
01:19
Alpha 3, 1014.
01:25
I'm sorry, I'm Sam 4.
01:27
104. Yeah,
01:28
it's going to be white, short sleeve, button-up shirt, black pants, black shoes, black helmet, brown backpack. Looks like he has a blue bag that he's trying to secure to the bike.
01:38
Wanted me to call? They can see if somebody just lost.
01:42
Yeah, it looks like one of their uniforms, but I can't see any insignia on the shirt.
01:50
It looks like he retrieved those things from behind the dumpster as he stores them there.
01:59
This phone being shown as a Reserve at Kanapaha that you're looking at.
02:07
Alpha 3, you can cancel that other unit.
02:15
He's riding northbound behind the store now towards the road.
02:21
Mr. Senator, you advise his opinion at the Reserve, like Canapagos? Ask 10th floor.
02:27
The entrance office, Southwest 46th Street.
02:35
Anybody with ASO mobile that can get over there?
02:38
I can go that way, but then I'd be leaving my spot.
02:43
See, eight for the one. I'm heading that way.
02:46
Good one's to do.
02:47
Tom.
02:48
All right, he's east down in front of target. Your incident has been updated.
02:51
Yeah, I got eyes on him. He's actually right. That's not.
02:58
So 134 to 1788, are you in that area?
03:02
I am, I just saw him go behind me. Do you go intercept?
03:06
I'm not in that area, but can you follow 45th Street in the Celebration Pointe?
03:16
Bobby, I'm getting down to 30% if you want to try to swap off spots.
03:21
What was the range on that thing? What was the range on that thing?
03:25
3,339. Going in front of target, so leave him alone. You want me to just blow down 45th?
03:33
Somebody needs to get down to 45th where Canava is at. He was pinging there.
03:39
What was the range again, Painesville?
03:41
3,300.
03:43
51.
03:54
Bobby, are you guys able to go that far down by the reserve? We are, that's just a huge range. It could be, he could be right here.
04:08
We've got a very slender build, Bravo Mike heading south down on an electric skateboard, black pants, gray as jacket,
04:15
black backpack.
04:17
Be a lighter complexion or dose a complexion?
04:21
Darker, short hair.
04:24
That's a, he's x-ray. He came from Walmart area.
04:27
26-531 still tours reserve can have all.
04:31
Our guy's bald, like, shaved to the skin, right?
04:35
Like in its photo and RMF?
04:37
Yeah, so he doesn't look like that anymore, apparently.
04:40
I'm watching a video now. I'll be able to email it out in a second.
04:43
Black over black,
04:45
uh, black boots, black, long pants.
04:48
black long-sleeve shirt with maybe a gray or black short-sleeve undershirt.
04:53
And he had an Optimus Prime or Transformers Scully Urbini on that is black and yellow, with like fuzzy Mohawk hair running down the middle of it.
05:05
He's got a full beard, mustache and beard.
05:09
Robsie, heavy build, slim build.
05:12
Average build to muscular build and you might have a light-colored sleeveless tank top on underneath the shirt.
05:21
Oasis.
05:22
Unis are 97, 45th by reserve by the 45th entrance.
05:27
Top. 34 copy.
05:30
Rescue 34. Patient care transfer.
05:32
34 copy.
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Near Celebration Pointe Ave, Gainesville, FL 32608
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