Man acting suspiciously near canal under highway


A man wearing all black clothing was seen walking suspiciously along a canal under a highway. Police are looking for him, concerned he might be hiding in bushes nearby.
Audio|Source: Mesa Police Department Red Mountain Patrol District
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Transcript:
00:00 Copy. There's somebody walking on the east side of the canal, southbound, under the 60, wearing all black shorts. Blackwood's hat and a backpack. Pretty really good visual, though. 36. I stopped someone similar, but it was a bandana on his head. It was not him. Yeah, this dude's got a hat on for sure, wearing all black belt. He had a black pass pro hat on, I believe.00:34 Yeah, he's inside the canal though. We're on the west side, so I don't know if somebody's closer to that golf course side and maybe take a look at him. I'll be under the 60 because I'm on foot on that east side. Do you stop a visual level? Yeah, you still walking south, but you kept looking back.01:02 5 p.m., I was showing my flashlight just to the north, so maybe it's flushing them out. And Z, where exactly under this canal did you see him at? Crush me 150 yards just south on the east side of the canal. Okay, copy. Forge, I-3-1. Are you on Channel 3?01:33 Gators are the 906 for this 909 with medics 201 South Greenfield number 354 our beating suit is poison possible 918 in history I'm right now 11 I'll see him anymore looks like you may be hunkered down behind some of these bushes this might be him about can work back and around
00:00
Copy. There's somebody walking on the east side of the canal, southbound, under the 60, wearing all black shorts. Blackwood's hat and a backpack. Pretty really good visual, though. 36. I stopped someone similar, but it was a bandana on his head. It was not him. Yeah, this dude's got a hat on for sure, wearing all black belt. He had a black pass pro hat on, I believe.
00:34
Yeah, he's inside the canal though. We're on the west side, so I don't know if somebody's closer to that golf course side and maybe take a look at him. I'll be under the 60 because I'm on foot on that east side. Do you stop a visual level? Yeah, you still walking south, but you kept looking back.
01:02
5 p.m., I was showing my flashlight just to the north, so maybe it's flushing them out. And Z, where exactly under this canal did you see him at? Crush me 150 yards just south on the east side of the canal. Okay, copy. Forge, I-3-1. Are you on Channel 3?
01:33
Gators are the 906 for this 909 with medics 201 South Greenfield number 354 our beating suit is poison possible 918 in history I'm right now 11 I'll see him anymore looks like you may be hunkered down behind some of these bushes this might be him about can work back and around
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Location mentioned:
US-60, Mesa, AZ
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