Crime & Safety
Woman Charged In Fatal Sarasota Shooting: Sheriff
A woman was shot to death Sunday night during an argument about living conditions, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said.
SARASOTA, FL ā A Sarasota woman faces charges related to a fatal shooting over the weekend, according to a Sarasota County Sheriffās Office news release.
Courtney Leigh Wadeck, 44, was charged with second-degree murder without premeditation.
Just before midnight Sunday, deputies were called to a home near Beneva and Clark roads for a reported shooting, the sheriffās office said. When they arrived, they found an unresponsive woman on the living room floor with a gunshot wound to her chest.
Sarasota County Fire Department medics tried to save her, but she died from her injuries. She was pronounced dead around 12:30 a.m.
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Two witnesses told investigators that Wadeck and the victim got into a physical altercation during a disagreement about living conditions.
They tried unsuccessfully to intervene in the fight and minutes later, heard a gunshot from the living room. They saw the victim wall to the floor after being shot, the sheriffās office said.
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Wadeck is in custody without bond at the Sarasota County Correctional Facility.
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