Miami Beach real estate investor arrested in Los Angeles after leading police on chase – WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

Lina Portman2 days ago

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MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) – A Miami Beach real estate investor known for his guns and run-ins with police has found himself in trouble again, but this time in California.

Patrick Carroll was arrested Monday night in West Los Angeles for allegedly leading Los Angeles police officers into a chase and then attempting to flee on foot.

Local Los Angeles news helicopters filmed Carroll being arrested.

“The suspect got out of the car and ran down the embankment, but the police were able to find him fairly quickly,” the journalist said. “He was intoxicated, but they then apparently recovered weapons.”

This is not the first time Carroll has had trouble with the law.

A few months ago, Carroll gained national attention after posting a video on Instagram showing himself shooting a shotgun from his boat.

Police told 7News that officers arrived at Carroll's home Thursday before learning from him that he was only shooting blanks, so they left.

A week later, he posted a second video of himself shooting an unloaded gun while saying, “I'm going to teach you how to use a gun properly.”

After several police visits to his mansion, Carroll was taken into custody, given a Baker Act evaluation and his guns confiscated by Miami Beach police due to a court protective order.

Four months later, he posted a new Instagram story in which he claimed: “I'm in the nicest gun store I've ever been to, Beverly Hills Guns. If it's between putting food on the table for my family and not, I'd probably kill someone.”

Hours before his arrest in Los Angeles, he posted an Instagram story in which he was driving his Rolls Royce.

“There was a kind of feint, where the suspect got out of the car and pretended to surrender, but then they continued to drive at fairly high speeds,” the reporter said from the helicopter monitoring Carroll's arrest.

The Los Angeles Police Department did not immediately respond to 7News' request for comment on the details of Carroll's arrest.