Sheriff’s Office working to identify man who reportedly screamed from sandbar off Siesta Beach Access 9 before submerging in Gulf on Sept. 21

Deputy observed 3-inch-long laceration on one of victim’s legs and smaller lacerations on other leg

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the second shoreline death on Siesta Key to occur within eight days, it announced on the afternoon of Sunday, Sept. 21.

In this latest incident, the identity of the victim remained unknown as of Sept. 24.

A deputy and Sarasota County Fire Department EMS personnel responded to Beach Access 9 early in the afternoon of Sept. 21 “after an unresponsive male swimmer” was pulled from the Gulf by people on the shore, the Sheriff’s Office said in a Sept. 21 advisory…

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