Kentucky Man Shoots Florida Vacationer, Kidnaps Woman in Sarasota County

Florida Woman Kidnapped in Her Own Home: What You Need to Know

I want you to picture this: You’re on a quiet vacation in Sarasota County, maybe having coffee on the porch or scrolling your phone. And then—gunfire.

On the morning of May 11, 2025, a man named Tobias McDonald drove more than 800 miles from Lexington, Kentucky to a house in Sarasota, Florida. Not for a reunion. Not for a road trip. But to confront two people—one of them a woman he knew, the other a man she was with.

What happened next was terrifying. Police say McDonald shot the man and then forced the woman into his car, taking off before anyone could stop him…

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