Overview
- Authorities identified the suspect as 51-year-old Russell Kot, who was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound inside the Sarasota home.
- Seven people died in the linked incidents: two in Fort Lauderdale and five in Sarasota, including the suspected gunman.
- Fort Lauderdale victims were named as Larisa Blyudaya, 46, and Ben Azivov, 18; Sarasota victims were identified as Olga Greinert, 49, Florita Stolyar, 66, Anatoly Ioffe, 61, and Yaroslav Blyudoy, 39.
- Detectives say Kot’s vehicle was recorded traveling north through Punta Gorda before entering Sarasota’s Amberlea neighborhood at 11:01 a.m., with a Ring camera capturing gunfire and a separate victim later seen arriving and being shot at the door.
- Police report Kot previously had a romantic relationship with one Fort Lauderdale victim who was connected to the Sarasota victims, and officials say there is no known ongoing threat to the public.