Five people were shot at a home in Sarasota on Tuesday, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office.The suspect, who was one of the five found dead, has been linked to another shooting hundreds of miles away. >> Video above is previous coverageThe Sarasota shooting happened in the Amberlea neighborhood near Proctor and McIntosh Roads.According to SCSO, deputies received a call around noon Tuesday reporting an adult male with gunshot wounds in the front yard of a residence in the gated community. That man was taken to a hospital where he died. Deputies entered the residence after neighbors said the man’s wife was likely inside the home.When deputies entered the home, SCSO said they found four adult victims, two male and two female, pronounced dead on the scene.One of the male victims was the suspect, 51-year-old Russell Kot.While working to identify Kot, SCSO received information from the Fort Lauderdale Police Department advising that they were actively investigating a double homicide, and they believed their suspect was involved in the Sarasota shooting.FLPD provided SCSO with the suspect’s vehicle information, which can be seen entering the neighborhood around 11:30 a.m. SCSO said their investigation revealed Kot had been in a previous romantic relationship with one of the victims in the Fort Lauderdale double homicide.That victim was also connected to the four people shot in Sarasota.The suspect’s motivation for targeting the Sarasota victims is unknown, SCSO said.The victims in the Sarasota shooting were later identified as Olga Greinert, Florita Stolyar, Anatoly Ioffe and Yaroslav Blyudoy.

SARASOTA, Fla. —

Five people were shot at a home in Sarasota on Tuesday, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office.

The suspect, who was one of the five found dead, has been linked to another shooting hundreds of miles away.

>> Video above is previous coverage

The Sarasota shooting happened in the Amberlea neighborhood near Proctor and McIntosh Roads.

According to SCSO, deputies received a call around noon Tuesday reporting an adult male with gunshot wounds in the front yard of a residence in the gated community. That man was taken to a hospital where he died.

Deputies entered the residence after neighbors said the man’s wife was likely inside the home.

When deputies entered the home, SCSO said they found four adult victims, two male and two female, pronounced dead on the scene.One of the male victims was the suspect, 51-year-old Russell Kot.

While working to identify Kot, SCSO received information from the Fort Lauderdale Police Department advising that they were actively investigating a double homicide, and they believed their suspect was involved in the Sarasota shooting.

FLPD provided SCSO with the suspect’s vehicle information, which can be seen entering the neighborhood around 11:30 a.m.

SCSO said their investigation revealed Kot had been in a previous romantic relationship with one of the victims in the Fort Lauderdale double homicide.

That victim was also connected to the four people shot in Sarasota.

The suspect’s motivation for targeting the Sarasota victims is unknown, SCSO said.

The victims in the Sarasota shooting were later identified as Olga Greinert, Florita Stolyar, Anatoly Ioffe and Yaroslav Blyudoy.

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