SARASOTA, Fla. — Over the weekend, Sarasota police officers were able to make two arrests in connection to a shooting that left one person dead.
Willie Abnar, 29, and Ka' Liyah Brown, 18, were both arrested and charged with murder while engaged in robbery and attempted robbery with a firearm.
The shooting happened just before 7 a.m. on Saturday in the area of North Washington Boulevard, a news release from the police department reports.
According to the release, officers were dispatched to a call of shots fired. Once at the scene, they found a man injured from a gunshot wound.
The man was reportedly transported to Sarasota Memorial Hospital with life-threatening injuries where he later died.
Abnar and Brown are both being held at the Sarasota County Jail. The investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Sarasota Police Department Criminal Investigations Division at 941-263-6070.