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Sarasota families and friends remember victims in cross-state killing spree
As the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office continues to identify a motive for the deadly shooting spree that stretched from Fort Lauderdale to Sarasota, friends and family are remembering their loved ones.
Officials say a man likely killed two people in Fort Lauderdale, then drove 200 miles to Sarasota and killed four more. He also died.
Employees and physicians affiliated with Osprey PolyClinic are mourning the deaths of two of their founders, Anatoly “Tony” Ioffe and his wife Florita Stolyar, who were victims of a Feb. 10 mass shooting that claimed the lives of five people in Sarasota and two in Fort Lauderdale.
The day after five people were found dead in a gated community in Sarasota, residents tried to come to grips with the tragedy.
Russell Kot, 51, was identified as the suspect who killed two people in Fort Lauderdale before driving to Sarasota, where gunfire erupted late Tuesday morning inside a home in the Amberlea neighborhood. Deputies responding to a 911 call discovered four deceased victims and Kot, who died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
Sarasota shooting victims, suspected gunman identified. Investigators say the shooting is connected to a separate double homicide in Fort Lauderdale.
Annual festivals in Sarasota and Cortez, a circus, a Valentine's Day beach wedding vow renewal and more this weekend in the Sarasota area, Feb. 13-15.
Multiple victims are dead after a shooting on Fallcrest Circle in the Amberlea neighborhood of Sarasota on Tuesday, Feb. 10.