Fatal shooting investigated in Lakewood Ranch

A fatal shooting in the Sarasota County segment of Lakewood Ranch on Sunday morning appears to be an isolated incident without danger to the public, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said.

Deputies were called to the 7000 block of Tides Circle, in a residential community off Lakewood Ranch Boulevard about a mile south of University Parkway, around 10:36 a.m. on a welfare check of a resident. Once there, they found a person who had been fatally shot and another who had been wounded.

The wounded person was transported to a hospital for treatment.