Multiple people are dead after a mass shooting Tuesday at a home inside a gated community in Sarasota, Florida, that authorities say may have been connected to a double homicide more than three hours away in Fort Lauderdale earlier in the day.

Four people were killed in the shooting inside a Sarasota gated community and two others were shot dead in Fort Lauderdale, before the suspected gunman took his own life, leaving seven dead.

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said the shooting in Sarasota occurred in the Amberlea neighborhood on the 4820 block of Fallcrest Circle.

Deputies responded around 12:24 p.m., after a 911 caller reported that an adult male had been shot in the front yard of the home. Neighbors were performing CPR when law enforcement arrived.

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The man was transported by the Sarasota County Fire Department and was pronounced deceased shortly thereafter.

Fearing for the safety of the male victim’s wife, deputies entered the residence and discovered four additional deceased adults inside the home, two men, including the suspected gunman, and two women.

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While working the scene, detectives were contacted by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, which was investigating a separate double homicide.

Investigators said the suspect’s vehicle was captured traveling northbound through Punta Gorda prior to the Sarasota killings. Surveillance video later showed the vehicle entering the Amberlea neighborhood at approximately 11:01 a.m.

The sound of gunfire was captured on a neighbor’s Ring camera shortly afterward.

According to investigators, the suspect had previously been in a romantic relationship with one of the Fort Lauderdale victims, who had connections to the Sarasota victims. 

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Officials said the suspect’s motive remains under investigation.

Detectives said next-of-kin notifications are ongoing and the victims’ names have not yet been publicly released.

A federal judge in Louisiana has released four illegal immigrants with lengthy rap sheets that include convictions for murder and child sex crimes from law enforcement custody earlier this month.

On Feb. 6, Judge John deGravelles, an Obama appointee who sits on the bench for the Middle District Court of Louisiana, granted the four defendants release from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, the Department of Homeland Security said. 

“The ramifications will only be the continued rape, murder, assault, and robbery of more American victims,” said Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “Releasing these monsters is inexcusably reckless. President Trump and Secretary Noem are now enforcing the law and arresting illegal aliens who have no right to be in our country.”

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“We are applying the law as written,” she added. “If an immigration judge finds an illegal alien has no right to be in this country, we are going to remove them. Period.”

The four defendants include Ibrahim Ali Mohammed, an Ethiopian citizen convicted of sexual exploitation of a minor. An immigration judge issued him a final order of removal on Sept, 5, 2024. 

He was released into the United States by the Biden administration.

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Luis Gaston-Sanchez, from Cuba, has convictions for homicide, assault, resisting an officer, concealing stolen property and two counts of robbery. 

An immigration judge issued a deportation order for him on Sept. 24, 2001.

Ricardo Blanco Chomat, also a Cuban citizen, has convictions for homicide, kidnapping, aggravated assault with a firearm, burglary, robbery, larceny and selling cocaine. 

A deportation order was issued for him on March 27, 2002.

Francisco Rodriguez-Romero was previously convicted of homicide and a weapons offense. He was ordered to be deported on May 30, 1995.

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In Sept. 2025, DHS announced a partnership with Louisiana to expand ICE detention space at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, also known as Angola Prison. The facility, dubbed the “Louisiana Lockup,” houses some of the criminal illegal immigrants arrested by ICE.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the Middle District Court of Louisiana for comment. 

A Florida man faces seven felony charges after being arrested last weekend following a road rage incident, according to authorities.

Blackie Alvarez, 33, of Bonifay, Florida, was arrested after allegedly pointing a handgun at another driver during a road rage confrontation, according to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office.

At around 1 p.m. on Feb. 8, police responded to a report of a man pointing a firearm at drivers while traveling north on U.S. 331 in DeFuniak Springs.

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Police located the white Ford Explorer, and the driver — later identified as Alvarez — exited the vehicle and removed a black handgun from his waistband, which he placed on top of the vehicle.

Two metal knuckles were also found in Alvarez’s pockets, police said.

Investigators said Alvarez began speeding and honking at the victims, who told deputies that Alvarez sped around them before coming to a complete stop in front of their vehicle, where he allegedly pulled out a firearm and pointed it at them.

Alvarez refused to speak with investigators, police said.

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Alvarez was charged with two felony counts of false imprisonment, two felony counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, one felony count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, two counts of unlawful carry of a concealed weapon and driving without a license.

Alvarez also had an outstanding warrant in Bay County, Florida, for failure to pay child support.

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He was taken into custody and held on a $235,000 bond, police said.