Police cars with flashing lights lined the streets of West Greenville around 4 p.m. Tuesday as officers, some with guns drawn, searched for a wanted suspect in the neighborhood. Officers stood next to their vehicles in the blocks near Queen Street as the search unfolded.
The Greenville Police Department confirmed it was searching for a wanted suspect in the West Greenville area on Tuesday, according to Greenville Online. The outlet reported that officers had positioned themselves throughout the area as the search played out.
As reported by FOX Carolina, police said they were looking for a wanted suspect with some warrants, and the scene began along Manning Street. The station reported that officers were conducting a K9 track and asked residents to stay inside their homes until the track was over.
Suspect's Identity Still Unknown
Police had not released the suspect's identity, nor why they were wanted, the same outlet's report noted. That left residents in the area with little information beyond the heavy police presence and the request to remain indoors during the search.
It remains unclear how the search unfolded after officers began the K9 track, and no additional details on the operation's outcome were available Tuesday.
Echoes of a Recent Greenville Manhunt
The scene recalled an earlier search in downtown Greenville, when officers and a K-9 unit looked for 27-year-old Raymond Drew Montes along Haywood Road, according to WSPA. Montes was accused of a strong-arm robbery on Hagood Street, the station reported, and police said he was eventually taken into custody in connection with an armed robbery that occurred in Greenville.
That case stands apart from Tuesday's search, with no confirmed link between the two incidents in available reporting. For now, the West Greenville search remains an active, unresolved situation, with police yet to say who they were looking for or what led them to Queen Street and Manning Street.
