Crime & Safety

Deputy Shot Knife-Wielding Man: Sarasota County Sheriff

A deputy shot a man wielding a knife in Sarasota County, the sheriff's office said.

SARASOTA COUNTY, FL - A knife-wielding man was shot by a deputy Tuesday morning at a Sarasota County apartment complex.

Deputies responded to reports of a man armed with a knife in the 5000 block of Central Sarasota Parkway, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a social media post around 9:30 a.m.

He was brought to Sarasota Memorial Hospital as a trauma alert.

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