Photos Released in Search for Man Who Attacked Woman in Eustis Tuesday Night

EUSTIS, Florida—Eustis Police Department has released still photos taken from surveillance videos that captured the suspect and his vehicle in the attack of a female jogger Tuesday night.

The suspect is described as a black male with a thin build, approximately 6 feet tall and was wearing a grey hoodie, black pants and a surgical mask, according to EPD Capt. Jon Fahning.

The man ran up behind a woman around 9 p.m. on Morningview Drive, near Eustis High School, grabbed her, groped her and threw her to the ground. It is unclear who called in the attack, but two officers responded to the call and the suspect attempted to run an officer over as he approached the black early 2000s Escalade EXT.

The officer opened fire on the vehicle but is unknown if he was struck by gunfire. The suspect fled the scene in the truck, crashed into another vehicle, continued to flee and escaped. The front passenger side of the Escalade has heavy damage, and its passenger side headlight was out prior to the crash, Fahning told Inside Lake.

Police are looking into the possibility the suspect from Tuesday night is the same suspect who attacked a woman in April. The woman was jogging northbound around 10:30 a.m. April 21 on Country Club Road when the man came up behind her and grabbed her in a “bear hug” and thrust his hips into her in an aggressive and sexual manner, Fahning told Inside Lake in April.

The victim hit the unidentified man with a water bottle, and he fled southbound on Country Club Road. The woman was not injured, Fahning said. That suspect was described as a black male, approximately 6 feet tall, wearing all black, including a black hoodie and a black and blue mask—very similar to the man who attacked the woman Tuesday night. A press conference is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.

EPD is asking anyone with information about the suspect or the vehicle to call EPD at 352-357-4121.