Family mourns victims of Fort Lauderdale-Sarasota murder-suicide that left 7 dead

Family members are mourning the victims of a horrific murder-suicide spree that spanned from Fort Lauderdale to Sarasota and left seven people including the alleged gunman dead.

The tragedy unfolded Tuesday, first at a home in the 500 block of Northeast 15th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale’s Victoria Park neighborhood, where 46-year-old Larisa Blyudaya and her son, 18-year-old Ben Azizov, were found murdered, Fort Lauderdale Police said.

The alleged suspect in the killings, identified as 51-year-old Russell Kot of Fort Lauderdale, is believed to have then traveled to a home in Sarasota County where he killed four more people, authorities said.

Kot appeared to have died from self-inflicted wounds, officials said…

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