SARASOTA – On February 10, 2026, at 12:24 PM, the Emergency Operations Center received a 911 call advising that an adult male subject at a residence in the Amberlea neighborhood near Proctor and McIntosh Roads had been shot. Deputies arrived minutes later and located the male victim in the front yard, where neighbors were actively performing CPR on the victim. Neighbors also advised that the male’s wife was potentially inside the residence. Deputies moved the male victim to an alternate location, where care was transferred to the Sarasota County Fire Department. The victim was pronounced deceased shortly thereafter. Fearing for the safety of the victim’s wife, deputies entered the residence where they located four additional deceased adult victims — two females and two males.
While attempting to identify the victims and potential suspect, detectives received information from the Fort Lauderdale Police Department (FLPD) advising they were working a double homicide and believed the Sarasota shooting to be related to the investigation they are working. FLPD provided suspect vehicle information and advised that, following their homicide, the vehicle was captured on camera traveling northbound through Punta Gorda prior to the Sarasota homicide.
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Detectives worked with Amberlea HOA representatives and neighbors, and were able to recover video of the suspect’s vehicle entering the neighborhood at 11:01 a.m. The sound of gunfire was captured shortly after on a neighbor’s Ring camera. Approximately 37 minutes later, the male victim, who was found on the front lawn, was captured entering the neighborhood in his vehicle. The victim approached the front door where he was shot. Thereafter, no people were observed entering or exiting the residence until deputies arrived.
All four victims and one suspect have been positively identified, and all next-of-kin notified. Based on the preliminary investigation, it appears that the suspect died of self-inflicted wounds, and there are no known documented mental health crises nor history of violence associated with him.
The suspect’s vehicle was located within the neighborhood. The investigation is still active, as no known motive has been determined.
Victim: Olga Greinert, Female: DOB: 2/19/76
Victim: Florita Stolyar, Female: DOB: 7/12/59
Victim: Anatoly Ioffe, Male: DOB: 10/11/64
Victim: Yaroslav Blyudoy, Male: DOB: 9/1/86
Suspect: Russell Kot, Male: DOB: 8/5/74
Based on preliminary information, Kot had been in a previous romantic relationship with one of the victims in Fort Lauderdale. That victim was connected to the victims in Sarasota. The suspect’s motivation for targeting the Sarasota victims is unknown.
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