Man with knife hospitalized after deputy-involved shooting in Sarasota
SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. - A man armed with a knife was hospitalized after a deputy-involved shooting in Sarasota Tuesday morning.
What we know:
According to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, a 911 call came in just before 9 a.m., and deputies arrived to the scene at Saratoga Place at Palmer Ranch, which is an apartment complex in the 5000 block of Central Sarasota Parkway.
Investigators say the armed man originally called 911, threatening to harm himself. A deputy found the man outside the building at the apartment complex with a kitchen knife.
The sheriff's office says the deputy repeatedly told the man to drop the knife, but he didn't comply and instead, pointed the knife at the deputy and started moving towards him.
The deputy involved in the shooting has been placed on administrative leave per protocol, SCSO said.
"That's tough for a deputy to endure. We do train at our facility for these types of incidents," Matt Binkley, the community affairs manager with SCSO, said. "We hate to see that there was someone injured as a result."
The suspect was taken to Sarasota Memorial Hospital as a trauma alert. He is alive and recovering from his injuries at this time. No deputies were injured during the incident.
The sheriff's office says nobody else was involved in the incident.
What they're saying:
"Some verbal exchange was committed, and shots were fired," Binkley said. " It's unknown at this time how many shots were fired, but the victim did receive injuries as a result."
The sheriff's office says the man is facing no charges at this time.
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