Crime & Safety

Teen On Bike Followed, Beaten Up In Clearwater Road-Rage Incident: CPD

Investigators are looking for two men who followed a teen on a bike and beat him up in a Clearwater road-rage incident, police said.

Investigators are looking for two men who followed a teen on a bike and beat him up in a Clearwater road-rage incident, police said.
Investigators are looking for two men who followed a teen on a bike and beat him up in a Clearwater road-rage incident, police said. (Courtesy of Clearwater Police Department)

CLEARWATER, FL — Investigators are looking for two men who followed a teenager on a bike and beat him up in a road-rage incident, the Clearwater Police Department wrote Tuesday in a social media post. (Watch a video of the suspects below.)

The bicyclist nearly hit the suspects’ SUV in a gas station parking lot at Chestnut Street and Fort Harrison Avenue.

The teen was followed by the men, who forced him off his bicycle — which they later stole — and beat him up, police said.

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One man had salt-and-pepper hair and wore glasses and what appeared to be a “security-type uniform,” the agency said.

The other suspect was bald with full arm tattoos and possibly a neck tattoo.

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The men were in a gray Nissan SUV.

Anyone with information that can help detectives identify them is asked to contact police at 727-562-4242.

Watch a video of the suspects below:

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