Suspect flees into dense brush near US-301, FL in dramatic chase, Manatee County FL
TrafficDeputies and a helicopter tracked a fleeing suspect near US-301 through thick brush and a pond while a K-9 unit helped surround him.
Audio|Source: Manatee County Sheriff
07:36
Transcript:
00:00
All right, 104.
00:01
Can you flash your light of that house so we can get your exact location?
00:10
7.4.
00:11
I.R. or white light?
00:13
White light, please.
00:18
Okay, we got it up.
00:24
Okay. Okay.
00:27
Hey, Hammetry, we got some movement over here.
00:29
It sounds like he might be coming back towards you.
00:36
Go for him?
00:41
Do you see the helicopter right now?
00:54
Do you hear us?
01:01
Maybe, Jason, yeah, we can hear you.
01:03
The canine is about halfway down the road of 22nd Street Court East.
01:13
All right, time four.
01:20
We have any units on the west side of the thick brush? The dead ends of that vacant field I was talking about.
01:29
River 61. To the units you know where that boat is, it's going to be slightly west to it.
01:34
I'd say about five feet west of that white boat.
01:40
East of the white boat, Meyer.
01:44
All right, I'm coming to you.
01:47
3-051 just for 43[1] we can see the bushes moving here I'm moving.
01:52
I'm moving I put the helicopter in the right spot right now we're close to 41 is that correct?
02:03
No we're not far from US 301.
02:11
1stm 14 to 1 sam 33.
02:15
Sam 33.
02:17
Can you give me a 21[2]?
02:24
Over to your left, back over this left.
02:27
Good.
02:30
Good.
02:32
Can't show it at 86.
02:35
46. 46.
02:41
The flash of blue lights now.
02:43
We should be coming overhead.
02:45
As soon as you see this K&I, you start hitting us with your white light.
02:49
All right, he's heading south through the tree line.
02:52
He just climbed over on a bunch of shrubs.
02:54
Tom, Hammonds, where you might be to see up here in a second.
03:04
Mr. 43[1] is wearing a gray shirt.
03:06
Gray shirt, Hispanic nails, short hair.
03:09
He's scaling the top of the tree.
03:12
6.47. Go ahead of Southampton.
03:18
It looks like he jumped off to the right.
03:20
It's going to be heading towards you.
03:22
I'm going to work in here.
03:32
3.7.
03:37
Hammondrix, that's 3.43[1].
03:38
We're back here.
03:39
Watch your crossfire.
03:42
All right, HSA allegations overhead, K-9, key flashes, I see multiple people in the woods there.
03:56
From your position, K-9, he was heading southbound.
04:03
Could be ten-four.
04:05
All right, so south of you, there's a pond.
04:09
So, you know, do you this on 22nd there? You're good right there.
04:18
Side with the pond.
04:22
6.40.
04:28
Crawl around.
04:31
Canine, you are going to be about 25 feet from him.
04:36
If you continue south, continue south,
04:38
straight ahead.
04:41
Okay, what we got, visible?
04:44
All right, I see,
04:47
I don't really see anything in his hands.
04:49
It's like he's still crawling around a little bit.
04:51
He's standing up now.
04:57
6.49.
05:00
Looks like he's still trying to make his way away from you guys.
05:03
Yeah, John Ford, he's climbing in the truck.
05:10
He keeps trying to go that direction.
05:12
He's going to go directly into the pond, so I think you guys got him walked down pretty well here.
05:21
It looks like he's continuing to try to break brush at its south.
05:26
It looks like he's barefoot and he's using both hands to clear brush so I don't think he has anything in his hands as far as single zeros or anything.
05:41
The dog is the south of you as well.
05:43
I'm with canine on this side of the pond.
05:46
Units that are on the east-west street basin west, push forward, and I'm going to tell you a pull into the driveway in a second.
05:56
Guys on this guy, I want to tighten your perimeter up a little bit.
05:59
The units that are south of that are just on the right side of the helicopter port.
06:08
Cars in that driveway, you can help them out there and the next unit leapfrog and go to the next address and try to get the backyard.
06:15
All right, K-9, it looks like you're gaining some ground on him.
06:21
Do you still have visual with him, K-9?
06:25
54.
06:27
There's that big brush that he's...
06:29
Yeah, we got a visual.
06:30
We got a visual.
06:31
He's still about five feet off the ground on thick brush.
06:36
They're at River 41.
06:37
I'm south-less.
06:38
I can see him too.
06:43
6-61.
06:46
He has his hands up.
06:52
No, he's, uh,
06:54
looks like he's still trying to get a-go over something here.
07:02
Yeah, we're just out to these chambers.
07:04
He's coming right at us.
07:10
Before he's hung up and think for us.
07:17
Probably 30 yards ahead of us on the south side of it.
07:21
All right, I got two groups of deputies.
07:27
I see one that looks like they're making their way too.
07:31
I don't know if that's UK9 or not, but that group is about 20.
07:35
25 feet away.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
43: Information (secondhand info reported)
[2]
21: Burglary
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US-301, Florida
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