SOUTHPORT — Investigators were searching for a burglary suspect suffering from a knife-wound after an incident on Highpoint Road, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday.
At about 11 p.m. Monday, a man and a woman sitting in the front room of a home on Highpoint Road heard a noise coming from the back of the house. The man went to investigate. He took a knife out of a drawer in the kitchen and confronted a man entering the home through a back door. The suspect also carried a knife.
The two men struggled and the man was cut on the hand and the suspect was cut as well. It is believed the suspect was cut on the torso, near his ribs. The suspect fled on foot.
The suspect is described as a black male, in his late 20s to early 30s, wearing gray sweatpants, a black long sleeved shirt with a red Rhino brand logo on the front and white tennis shoes. The suspect has short hair and has a diamond stud in his right ear.
The man pursued the suspect and stated he heard splashing in Deer Point Lake and then spotted the suspect jump a backyard fence several houses away, heading north.
Anyone with information on this suspect is asked to contact the Bay County Sheriff’s Office at 747-4700 or Crime Stoppers at 785-TIPS.