A person is suspected of killing two individuals, together with an individual he was in a previous relationship with, after which gunning down 4 extra at one other residence a whole lot of miles away in linked homicides, authorities in Florida mentioned.
Regulation enforcement in Fort Lauderdale and Sarasota County on Wednesday each recognized 51-year-old Russell Kot as a suspect within the homicides. He died of obvious self-inflicted wounds on Tuesday following his alleged killing spree, authorities mentioned.
Deputies in Sarasota County initially responded noon Tuesday to a capturing at a residence in a gated neighborhood, authorities mentioned.
4 individuals had been killed — together with a person who was shot whereas approaching the entrance door, in accordance with the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Workplace. Two girls and one other man had been discovered lifeless inside the house, situated within the Amberlea neighborhood, authorities mentioned.
Authorities reply to a murder investigation at a residence in Sarasota County, Florida, Feb. 10, 2026.
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The suspect, Kot, was additionally discovered lifeless within the residence, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned. Video confirmed his car getting into the neighborhood at round 11 a.m. Tuesday, it mentioned. Shortly after, a neighbor’s Ring digicam captured the sound of gunfire, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
The person who was shot exterior the residence was seen getting into the neighborhood in his car about 37 minutes later, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned. Responding deputies discovered neighbors performing CPR on him within the entrance yard, it mentioned.
Later Tuesday afternoon, over 200 miles away on Florida’s east coast, police conducting a well-being examine at a residence within the Victoria Park part of Fort Lauderdale discovered two individuals lifeless inside a residence, police mentioned.
Whereas authorities in Sarasota County had been working to establish the victims and suspect of their case, the sheriff’s division mentioned Fort Lauderdale police contacted them to advise that they believed the double murder and Sarasota County capturing is perhaps associated.
Following the Fort Lauderdale murder, the suspect’s car was captured on digicam touring close to Sarasota, earlier than the quadruple murder in Amberlea, authorities mentioned.
Police say two individuals had been discovered lifeless inside a residence in Fort Lauderdale.
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Kot lived in Fort Lauderdale and had a “earlier romantic relationship” with one of many Fort Lauderdale victims, in accordance with the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Workplace. That sufferer was linked to the Sarasota County victims, officers mentioned, although they didn’t elaborate.
Police on Wednesday recognized the victims in Fort Lauderdale as Larisa Blyudaya, 46, and Ben Azivov, 18.
The victims in Sarasota County had been recognized by the sheriff’s workplace on Wednesday as Olga Greinert, 49; Florita Stolyar, 66; Anatoly Ioffe, 61; and Yaroslav Blyudoy, 39.
The homicides stay below investigation.
A motive within the Sarasota County incident is unknown presently, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned Wednesday.
“Primarily based on our preliminary investigation, it seems that the suspect died of self-inflicted wounds, and there aren’t any recognized documented psychological well being crises nor historical past of violence related to him,” the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned.
