Pflugerville Police Seek Man Eluding Capture (Updated)

UPDATE: A man who had been sought by police late Friday was captured, law enforcement officials said. Earlier, police sent mass text messages to residents alerting to a search of a man in the area of Pfluger and South 10th streets. By 11:20 p.m., police said the man had been found.

Like in their earlier messages, Pflugerville police didn't specify why the man was being sought.

From earlier:

PFLUGERVILLE, TX — Police late Friday said they were looking for an alleged suspect as residents witnessed a large law enforcement presence — complete with helicopters searching from an aerial view.

Text alerts were sent to residents via a mass message for those subscribing to such advisories at around 10:15 p.m. Police said in the two-part message they sought a man wearing a gray sleeveless shirt, cargo shorts and bleached hair with tattoos on his neck. The man was last seen in the area of Pfluger Street and South 10th Street.

Police didn't disclose what the man was being sought for, but said anyone seeing him should call 911.

Just before the police texts were issued, residents took to Facebook neighborhood pages seeking information from their neighbors. "WTH is happening in Pflugerville with cops and helicopter?" one resident posted in the page dubbed "Pflugerville Peeps." By around 10 p.m., one resident added a comment to the thread reporting he helicopters had retreated. "We called PD and they said they couldn't tell us anything," the person wrote.

It's unclear, however, if the activity reported by residents is related to the police report, although the two occurred concurrently. Patch reached out to the police department, and will update this story if more details are provided.