Lakewood Ranch search turns up no armed person

Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office deputies searched an area along Lakewood Ranch Boulevard south of University Parkway on Saturday morning after a report of a suspicious person, possibly armed.

According to a spokeswoman for the Sheriff’s Office, the man was said to have pointed a gun.

Patrol units arrived in the area near Professional Parkway and searched but found no one matching the description provided by the single caller to 911.

Deputies ended their search around 7:35 a.m, the spokeswoman reported.