Police Seek Man For Questioning About Winthrop School Break-In

are looking for a man who was in the gas station on Main Street before dawn on Monday for questioning in connection with the break in at the l that happened earlier that morning.

On Thursday, police released surveillance photos from Shell that showed a young man that Melrose Police say entered the gas station at 3:15 a.m. on Monday with blood on his shirt and hands. He may have been in a gray GMC Envoy.

A half-hour earlier, police had responded to a resident's report of the sound of breaking glass at the Winthrop School and someone running from the area. Police found a broken window on the Ashcroft Street side of the school and .

Also that morning, just before 5 a.m., an Ashcroft Road resident discovered someone had broken the rear passenger side window of their car and a GPS unit stolen.

Melrose Police Chief Mike Lyle previously told Melrose Patch that "there was a considerable amount of blood" inside the car and that police believe the Winthrop break-in and car break-in could be related.

Anyone with information about this person is asked to call the Melrose Police Department at (781) 665-1212. Melrose Police also have an anonymous tip line (781) 665-TIPS (8477); to text a tip to the Melrose Police Department, text MELROSE to 847411 (TIP411).