Person with possible handgun reported near beach

Heard on: Manatee County FL Transportation

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Can you give me some information about exactly where the call is? Yeah,

00:06

it's south of the Circle K.

00:15

It's South Circle K, but it's in Bradenton Beach, not

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Holmes Beach.

00:23

Got it, thank you.

00:25

So it's halfway between Cortez and the other Circle K that's further north up the road, further north up up the island.

00:34

Got it. You're

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right, sir.

00:40

Thank you.

00:43

My doctor.

00:45

I'm on the one that they don't bother.

00:47

I'm off my trolley.

00:48

I have a white male, uh, brown hair.

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Uh, has, uh, (description withheld).

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I have like a handgun across his chest, like a pistol type thing.

01:01

So if you know, kind of watching me, you know, police stuff, and I'm not kind of like, so, you know, if you can hear that.

01:06

Two to five one, I think that guy.

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Uh, he said he's gonna get off right behind the car.

01:12

So, if anything.

01:14

Let you know.

2026-11-08 03:05 UTC

Weapons

Gulf Dr N, Bradenton Beach, FL 34217

Person with possible handgun reported near beach

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, a transit operator reported a suspicious man with a possible handgun or pistol-type weapon near a Circle K in Bradenton Beach, between Cortez and another Circle K further north on the island. The man was described as a white male with brown hair and a (description withheld), and he was reportedly watching the operator and may have planned to get off behind the transit vehicle.

Person with possible handgun reported near beach

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