UPDATED at 3 p.m. with additional details.
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – Five people were shot and killed inside a home off of Proctor Road Tuesday afternoon, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.
The shootings are also believed to be related to a double homicide in Fort Lauderdale, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.
Deputies say 911 operators got a call at 12:24 p.m. saying an adult male at a home in the Amberlea neighborhood had been shot.
Deputies arrived minutes later at the home near Proctor and McIntosh roads and found the victim in the front yard with neighbors performing CPR.
Neighbors also said the victim’s wife was possibly inside the home. Deputies were able to move the male victim where he could be treated by the Sarasota County Fire Department, the news release said.
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The victim was pronounced dead a short time later.
Deputies entered the house and found the bodies of two men and two women.
As detectives worked at the scene, they were advised the Fort Lauderdale Police Department was investigating a double homicide believed to be related to the Sarasota shootings.
“Based on preliminary information, we know that the suspect had been in a previous romantic relationship with one of the victims in Fort Lauderdale,” the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office news release said.
“That victim was connected to the victims in Sarasota. The suspect’s motivation for targeting the Sarasota victims is unknown.”
Fort Lauderdale police say their subject’s vehicle was captured on camera after the double homicide traveling north through Punta Gorda before the Sarasota killings.
Detectives worked with Amberlea HOA and neighbors, and were able to find video of the suspect’s vehicle entering Amberlea at 11:01 a.m.
The sound of gunfire was captured shortly after on a neighbor’s Ring camera.
About 37 minutes later, the male victim, who was found in the front lawn, was seen on video entering the neighborhood in his vehicle.
The victim approached the front door where he was shot. No one was seen entering or leaving the residence until deputies arrived.
The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that all victims have been identified, and the suspect was among the deceased inside the residence.
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