Patrick Carroll — a once-obscure businessman who seemed to buy his way into the upper reaches of the social elite in a matter of months, only to quickly crash back out — is being investigated by police after gunshots were heard near his ultra-luxury Miami Beach home.
Carroll’s free-spending ways won him a shockingly easy embrace from the gatekeepers to the worlds of Hollywood, philanthropy and fashion — and he has been mentioned in the same breath as Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Ford and UNICEF in recent years.
But his crude manner and volatile tendencies have often seen him ousted and ostracized just as quickly.
In the same period, he has aggressively sought fame, appearing regularly on CNBC as a business expert, holding press-friendly “giveaway” events for disadvantaged kids and gaining over a million Instagram followers.
Now, hears that police descended on Carroll’s $16.4 million mansion Thursday to investigate reports of gunshots outside his home.
Meanwhile, a photograph has emerged showing him brandishing what appears to be an assault rifle on his yacht.
“I can confirm that law enforcement personnel responded to 810 Lakeview Drive regarding allegations of possible gunshots heard in the area,” Christopher Bess of the City of Miami Beach Police Department told . “MBPD conducted a preliminary investigation which yielded no victim or scene. This incident was routed to our Criminal Investigations Division for a more thorough assessment.”
A rep for Carroll couldn’t reach him. But a source close to the situation told us: “We want him to know that people care about him and want him to get help.”
In 2004, he founded the Carroll Org, which owns 81 rental properties across the Sun Belt, according to BisNow.
He signed a deal last July to sell the company to RMR Group for $80 million, after “incidents in his private life have bubbled to the surface around the time he looked to sell…
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