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.
Now, Page Six hears that police descended on Carroll’s $16.4 million mansion Thursday to investigate reports of gunshots outside his home. 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.” At the gala itself, we reported at the time that he “was fêted as the highest donor for dropping $2 million during the auction on a vintage car and a ‘Top Gun’ Experience.”
He recently posted a video of himself berating female dinner companions at hip restaurant Prime 112 who had told him that they were frightened because he was playing with a sharp knife at the dinner table.