While the sheriff's office could not confirm the number of victims, officials said, "all persons are accounted for" and there were no survivors.

UPDATE — 2/12/2026 at 11:50 a.m.: The victims of the shooting in a gated community in Sarasota, Florida, have been identified. Olga Greinert, 49, Florita Stolyar, 66, Anatoly Ioffe, 61, and Yaroslav Blyudoy,

Authorities in Florida say two crime scenes which left seven people dead on either side of the state were connected.

Firefighters in Sarasota County saved someone on the 17th floor of a construction site by using a tower crane to get them down.

A shooting that left four victims and the suspect dead in a Sarasota gated community was linked to a separate homicide in Florida, authorities said.

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The city of Sarasota — hugging its namesake bay and dotted with numerous waterfront homes and restaurants — reclaimed the No. 10 spot in a recent ranking of Florida’s emerging boating hotspots by an international organization.