A man accused of being connected to a homicide on West University Avenue was arrested in Alabama Saturday afternoon.
Clifton Rae Baxter, 33, was arrested on a warrant in Dothan, Ala., according to a GPD news release.
The arrest followed a Friday morning incident in which a witness reported seeing a man lying facedown on the ground near the Bank of America located at 1116 W. University Ave., while another man rummaged through his pockets.
An ambulance rushed the victim to Shands at UF for treatment, where he later died.
Police have not released details regarding the man’s death.
Later that day, Gainesville Police released several pictures taken at the time of the homicide, including one of a white male photographed by an ATM surveillance camera.
A second picture, taken at the same time, showed a Chevy Conversion van — police said possibly driven by a white male — parked at a gas station.
GPD spokesman Ben Tobias said detectives have identified the victim. However, he did not release the man’s name or Baxter’s charges by press time.
Baxter is being held in jail on a $500,000 bond, but Tobias did not say if he was held in Dothan or brought back to Alachua County.
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