Two people were found dead inside a home in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday and investigators believe it may be linked to a shooting in Sarasota that left five other people dead, officials said.<\/p>\n
Officers had received a call around 1:30 p.m. for a well-being check at the home in the 500 block of Northeast 15th Avenue in the Victoria Park neighborhood, Fort Lauderdale Police officials said.<\/p>\n
When the officers arrived, they found the two adults dead inside the home.<\/p>\n
Police haven’t released their identities or said how they died but said homicide detectives are investigating.<\/p>\n
“Preliminary investigation indicates that this is an isolated incident; detectives do not believe there is any threat to the local public,” the department said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office officials said the deaths may be linked to a shooting there that left five people dead on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Deputies had responded to a report of a shooting at a home in the Amberlea neighborhood around 12:25 p.m. and found a man shot in a front yard. He was pronounced dead a short time later.<\/p>\n
Fearing for the safety of the man’s wife, deputies entered the home and found four adults, including two women and two men, dead inside.<\/p>\n
The suspect was among the four people found dead inside the home, officials said.<\/p>\n
While Sarasota detectives investigated, they received information from Fort Lauderdale Police that the Sarasota shooting may be related to a double homicide in Fort Lauderdale.<\/p>\n
Fort Lauderdale Police gave Sarasota investigators information about a vehicle possibly involved that was caught on camera going northbound through Punta Gorda before the Sarasota shooting, officials said.<\/p>\n
Sarasota detectives found surveillance video that showed the vehicle entering the neighborhood shortly before a neighbor’s Ring camera captured the sound of gunfire, officials said.<\/p>\n
The man found shot in the front yard was also seen entering the neighborhood and approaching the front door where he was shot.<\/p>\n
No one else was seen entering or leaving the home until authorities arrived.<\/p>\n
The identities of the victims and suspect in the Sarasota shooting haven’t been released but the sheriff’s office said the suspect had been in a previous romantic relationship with one of the victims in Fort Lauderdale, who was connected to the Sarasota victims.<\/p>\n
The suspect’s motivation for targeting the Sarasota victims was unknown, the sheriff’s office said.<\/p>\n
Fort Lauderdale Police said they’re collaborating with Sarasota investigators regarding the potential connection between the two incidents.<\/p>\n
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