SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. — The Sarasota Police Department (SPD) said a local woman is facing felony charges after she shot a man and then barricaded herself inside a home on Wednesday evening.
Police responded to the 1600 block of North Tamiami Trail around 5:45 p.m. for a reported shooting. Police said, according to witnesses, a man and a woman were seen driving in two separate cars and fighting near Whittaker Park.
SPD said a crash occurred in the 1600 block of North Tamiami Trail, and the man was shot. He was taken to Sarasota Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The woman fled the scene and ran into a house on Sylvan Drive in the 1100 block. Police said the woman was believed to have weapons at the time and made threats to harm herself and others.
Authorities were eventually able to persuade her to surrender peacefully just before 8 p.m.
According to police, she is being taken to the Sarasota County Jail and will face felony charges.
