Gainesville police are still searching for the man they say shot and killed a person at the "Swamp Car Wash" on Saturday. They’re still looking despite police saying they sent the SWAT team to the suspect’s home. We asked police why SWAT showed up if they didn’t know for a fact if the suspect was there. Gainesville police say they have an arrest warrant out for 23-year-old Eugene Patrick.
Bobby Chedda Bob Bernard Hopkins Jr. was the kind of guy who always left a smile on your face.
He was the friend you could call whenever you needed, the one with the best jokes at the cookout, the charismatic people person.
Saturday, he became the second Gainesville man found shot by the Swamp Car Wash, located at 912 E. University Ave., in 2021.
Hopkins was driven to the University of Florida Health Shands Hospital early Saturday afternoon after being shot once in the chest. He died from his injury later that day, according to a Gainesville police press release.
Friends and family remembered him as a loving father, community mentor and all-around good guy.