The hunt for the marine veteran, accused of gunning down a deputy, is entering into its 5th time successful Nassau County. The sheriff believes Patrick McDowell is inactive successful Callahan, and that helium won't springiness up the hunt until McDowell is successful custody.
The hunt for the marine veteran, accused of gunning down a deputy, is entering into its 5th time successful Nassau County. The sheriff believes Patrick McDowell is inactive successful Callahan, and that helium won't springiness up the hunt until McDowell is successful custody.

CALLAHAN, Fla. – As the hunt for the accused slayer of a Nassau County lawman entered its 5th time Tuesday morning, determination was a flurry of enactment adjacent a sports analyzable westbound of Callahan arsenic instrumentality enforcement officers followed leads and tracked down vehicles believed to incorporate Patrick McDowell.

The hunt for McDowell, 35, began Friday greeting connected Sandy Ford Road near, conscionable disconnected U.S. 301, aft Deputy Josh Moyers was changeable doubly during a postulation stop. Moyers died of his injuries connected Sunday.

The hunt intensified astir 10 a.m. Tuesday greeting erstwhile News4Jax crews were told to permission the hunt bid station astatine Callahan First Baptist and determination to a caller location. It was not instantly wide why.

As News4Jax crews were moving, we learned that instrumentality enforcement had targeted an SUV successful the country that McDowell was thought to beryllium riding in, but that turned up bare aft it was stopped, according to sources.

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Shortly aft that, sources told News4Jax determination was a ample constabulary beingness astatine a sports analyzable disconnected River Road conscionable westbound of downtown that included helicopters and aggregate instrumentality enforcement vehicles. River Road is present closed to postulation astatine Bypass Road.

News4Jax has crews astatine the country and successful Callahan and is moving to larn more.

Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper said Tuesday greeting helium isn’t giving up arsenic the search. However, the sheriff did accidental helium planned to reassess the hunt if determination were nary results successful the adjacent respective hours.

More than 200 local, state, and national instrumentality enforcement officers were inactive scouring a 5-square-mile perimeter southwest of Callahan Tuesday greeting portion a statewide Blue Alert is retired for McDowell.

“He could beryllium doing anything. Again there’s nary evidence, nary denotation he’s not successful our perimeter. We’ll proceed shrinking down until we’ve checked each spot past reassess from there,” Leeper said.

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If McDowell is not recovered successful the coming hours, the Sheriff’s Office is expected to code the nationalist astir however the hunt volition determination forward.

There is simply a $54,000 reward for accusation starring to McDowell’s arrest. If you person immoderate accusation astir his whereabouts, you are urged to telephone 911.

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