Two Hispanic men were the victims of an early morning attempted robbery in Clearwater. One of the men was taken to St. Joseph Hospital after suffering a gunshot wound. The assailants were described as two young men in their early 20's. The shooter was described as a thin African-American wearing a dark, hooded sweatshirt with long dark shorts. The Caucasian was described with long hair and wearing a light blue jacket and long, blue shorts.
The police are presently searching for the two men. Irrespective of who the police arrest, one of the principal defenses of those charged will be that this is a case of mistaken identity. Of course, in order to prove that the police arrested the wrong people, those arrested will have to provide law enforcement with solid alibis. They would need to show police that they could not be the ones who committed the attempted robbery because they were elsewhere with reputable witnesses at the time the crime was committed.
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