Man with rifle on bicycle near schools prompts lockdowns


A man riding a bicycle near a high school was seen carrying a rifle wrapped in a towel. This raised concerns, leading to multiple schools being placed on lockdown for safety.
Audio|Source: Largo Police Department
04:20
Transcript:
I'm not one having a guy or with a rifle on a bicycle running by the high school at armature in East Bay. Yeah, we're getting the call now. It's coming to Central Park. Stand by a metal dispatch now. Male is 50s, gray baseball cap, blue shirts, correction blue shirt and shorts, also has a scruffy beard break. She's riding a bike. He probably has a rifle cap in a TAR's break. I call her advice. He was in the street, playground, Central Park. I'll go by them further. 5.78 in route. 6.13, there was a second caller on it over by the high school, so I'll show me going over there. Hi, copy. Units, would you like the channel for this? I need the middle school and the high school to go into a closed campus immediately, please. 6.30[1]. Okay. And I copy that somebody has a rifle walking around the end of school? Oh, yeah, this is. We're going close for this. Last scene near the high school, male riding a bike, has a rifle wrapped up in a towel on the handlebars, brake. Male in his 50s, again, gray-based ball cap, blue shirt, shorts, scruffy beard. 6.30, can you stack my call and put me on the Central Park call, please? Copy. 340 to 569. Is that school lock down? Okay, clocked down, we're out front. Okay. Okay. And again, units, we originated the call at Central Park. However, another caller advised closer to the high school, going to northbound. Go ahead, northbound. Since you're going to northbound from the high school on the east side of the road, Missouri. Copy, lifting northbound, east side of the road. All right, can you send two options just a central part just to check? Exactly, get my central part now, checking. Okay. Let's get a unit or two to the complaint also. Carvey. 462, what was the last direction? It was found out. It broke out. What was it again? On the very east side of the roadway. constantly on lockdown as well. Copy. 537, we have description. Male, scruffy beard, light blue short, possibly a tank top, and shorts on a bike. and elementary is on lockdown.
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6.30: School lockdown initiation
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Location mentioned:
Near Missouri Ave N, Largo, FL 33770
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