Second suspect arrested for Newtown shooting

A second suspect has been arrested in the early morning Sunday shooting of three men in Newtown.

The Sarasota Police Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Bobby U. Sharpe, 22, of Ellenton, and charged him with three counts of attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm today after the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force assisted in finding him in Manatee County.

At approximately 1 a.m. on Dec. 11, Sarasota Police heard multiple gunshots in the area of North Washington Blvd and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way. As officers were responding to the scene, calls were received advising of 40 to 50 shots fired and multiple shooting victims at 2530 N. Washington Blvd.

Officers arrived on the scene and located three victims that had each suffered multiple gunshot wounds. All of the victims had been occupants of a 2001 Isuzu Rodeo and had to be transported to the hospital with serious injuries.

Rashad Lee Steen, 20, was arrested on Dec. 13 with the same charges and police are looking for other suspects in the continuing investigation.

Anyone with information concerning this crime is asked to contact Detective Jackson at 954-7096.

Contact Kurt Schultheis at [email protected].