Crime & Safety
Coworkers Killed Each Other At Lido Key Rental: Report
Two men, coworkers staying at a rental property in Sarasota, killed each other during an argument, police said.
SARASOTA, FL — Two co-workers killed each other after an argument at a Lido Key rental property Monday night, according to multiple reports.
"They were not working on this house, it looks like possibly coming here for work and their employer had booked them a stay here," Cynthia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for the Sarasota Police Department, told Fox 13.
Police responded to the 700 block of S. Boulevard of the Presidents around 9 a.m.
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“One of the guests, he ran out of the house,” one 911 caller said, according to WFLA. “He had a, looked like a head, his head was bloody, and he had blood on his shirt. The next clip I have, and the only other clip I have, is another person came out, and these two got into a fist fight right in front of our house.”
When they arrived, they found the two victims, a 32-year-old man and a 50-year-old man, police said.
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The Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victims and are notifying their next of kin.
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