Florida Suspect ID'd in Shootings Killing 7 Before Suicide

Authorities in Florida have identified a 51-year-old man from Fort Lauderdale as the suspect in a series of shootings that killed seven people across two cities on Tuesday, February 10, before he took his own life in a gated Sarasota community.

The violence began in Fort Lauderdale, where police discovered the bodies of Larisa Blyudaya, 46, and Ben Azivov, 18, during a wellbeing check at a home in the Victoria Park neighborhood. Officers responded to the call that morning and found the two residents dead inside the residence. According to the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, the incident appeared isolated at first, with no immediate indication of a broader threat to the public.

Later that day, the rampage continued more than 200 miles north in Sarasota. Deputies with the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrived at a home on Fallcrest Circle in the Amberlea gated community around 12:30 p.m. following reports of gunfire. A neighbor had been performing CPR on a man in the front yard, later identified as Anatoly Ioffe, 61, who was pronounced dead shortly after. Officers secured the perimeter, unsure if an active shooter remained inside, before entering the residence. There, they...