Suspect Fatally Shot Man At Ex-Wife’s Sarasota Home: Sheriff

SARASOTA, FL — The suspect in the fatal shooting of a 47-year-old man Saturday morning in Sarasota faces multiple charges, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

Saladine Monroe, 41, showed up at the home of his ex-wife, which is in the 2300 block of Britannia Road, unannounced to visit their 14-year-old son around 11:40 a.m.

When his ex-wife told him to wait outside while she went to a neighbor’s home to get the boy, Monroe entered her house and looked around, SCSO said. While in her home, he found the victim, whose identity isn’t being released in accordance with Marsy’s Law, in a spare bedroom.

Monroe accused the victim of having a relationship with his ex-wife before shooting and killing the man, the sheriff’s office said. Neither Monroe’s ex-wife nor her son was injured during the incident.

When deputies arrived at the home, they found the victim dead from a single gunshot wound.

On Monday, Monroe was booked into the Sarasota County Correctional Facility on single counts of homicide and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. He remains in custody without bond.

A convicted felon, he has prior local arrests, including for DUI, resisting an officer and contempt.