Plant City Police Dept.By EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News
(PLANT CITY, Fla.) — Police in Florida are searching for a man who stole a car containing vials of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The car was taken at 4 p.m. Wednesday from the Strawberry Festival Grounds’ red parking lot in Plant City, the Plant City Police Department said.
The suspect is believed to be a man in his early 20s, police said. He’s described as having light skin and long hair and was wearing a light-colored hoodie, police said.
The car is a 2018 gray Hyundai Accent with Florida license plate NPJJ58, police said.
The car’s been placed on a “nationwide alert,” police said.
Plant City is about 25 miles east of Tampa.
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