Police Searching For Amaryllis Park Shooting Suspects

Sarasota Police are hoping to identify two suspects involved in a Monday morning shooting on the 1500 block of 29th Street.

At 8:18 a.m., officers responded for reported gunshots at 29th Street and Leon Avenue where they found victim Steven Phelps at his home in the 1500 block of 29th Street.

Phelps had suffered multiple, non-life threatening gunshot wounds, according to police. Phelps was treated at the scene and then transported to Sarasota Memorial Hospital for additional medical treatment.

The police are having trouble identifying the suspects because Phelps refused to cooperate, declining to speak to officers and detectives about the shooting, according to police. 

Two suspects were observed running south on Leon Avenue and then west on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way, according to police.

The first suspect was described as a black male in his early twenties, approximately 5 feet 5 inches tall, with a skinny build. He was wearing a white T-shirt and dark shorts, according to police. He had a white bag or white shirt covering his hand, police said, and that the suspect had a gun concealed in the white T-shirt.

The second suspect was described as a black female in her early twenties, approximately 5 feet 6 inches tall with a thin build.  She was wearing a rustic shirt and jeans, according to police.                                             

The shooting has been classified as an Aggravated Battery, according to police.

Phelps was found guilty of cocaine, marijuana possession, fleeing and eluding police earlier this year, according to Sarasota Court records, and police provided a Phelps mugshot from one of his earlier arrests. Two charges of assault with a deadly weapon were dropped in May, court records show.

Anyone with information regarding this shooting is asked to contact Detective DeFrancisco at 941-954-7049.