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Tyler Casey Sweeney

Age : 29

Gender : Male

Race : White

Date : 08/18/2022

Location : 300 block of Richardson Way

City : Sarasota

County : Sarasota

State : Florida

Agency : Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during response to reported armed burglary

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/18/2022, Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office deputies shot and killed 29-year-old Tyler Casey Sweeney inside a residence in the 300 block of Richardson Way in Sarasota after responding to a 911 call reporting an armed intruder. Two deputies fired at Sweeney during the encounter.
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The encounter began at approximately 9:29 a.m. when a resident called 911 and reported waking to find an unknown man inside his efficiency apartment. According to the sheriff’s office, the resident reported that the man was using a baseball bat to sharpen a large machete. The resident fled the home without injury before deputies arrived.
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Four Sarasota County deputies entered the residence after arriving at the scene. According to the sheriff’s office, deputies encountered Sweeney inside carrying the machete. Police alleged that Sweeney advanced toward the deputies and struck one deputy in the hand with the machete.
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Two of the four deputies then fired their guns at Sweeney, striking him. Sweeney died at the scene. The sheriff’s office described the machete as approximately 19 inches long with a 15-inch blade.
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The deputy struck in the hand suffered significant injuries and was hospitalized. The sheriff’s office later reported that swelling and risk of infection required surgery.
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Sweeney lived in an apartment complex off Fruitville Road near the Richardson Way residence where the encounter occurred. The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office identified him publicly the following day.
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Two deputies were identified by the sheriff’s office as having fired their weapons, but their names were not disclosed in the contemporaneous public reports located.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-sarasota-manatee/sarasota-police-officer-involved-in-thursday-morning-shooting
https://www.sarasotasheriff.org/news_detail_T13_R1350.php
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/sarasotacounty/sarasota-deputy-shooting-machete-attack/67-e641fe3a-43a6-4f15-b6b1-42f2ad9b297c
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/crime/2022/08/20/man-machete-shot-killed-sarasota-deputies-officer-involved-shooting-identified-tyler-casey-sweeney/7846629001/
https://www.bradenton.com/news/local/crime/article264700084.html
https://www.yourobserver.com/news/2022/aug/18/sarasota-deputies-fatally-shoot-man-striking-them-with-machete/