In the early hours of May 18, 2024, Tommie L. Battie IV, 24, was shot and killed in the Tallywood Centre Plaza parking lot in Sarasota, Florida. Deputies arrived around 3:30 a.m. after reports of gunfire and found multiple victims; Battie was pronounced dead at the scene. His younger brother, 22-year-old Brian Battie, sustained a gunshot wound to the head and was taken to a local hospital in critical condition. Three other people — Lee Claridy, Tosha Johnson and Broderick McDaniel — were also injured and transported to area hospitals.

Surveillance footage showed a Black male suspect leaning against the hookah lounge window, then drawing a firearm as the Battie brothers approached; both brothers returned fire before collapsing. Authorities identified the shooter as 28-year-old Darryl Bernard Brookins and arrested him on May 22, 2024, charging him with murder, attempted murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Investigators say Brookins fled on foot and left his vehicle behind.

A probable cause affidavit alleges Brookins’ girlfriend, 29-year-old Nicole Elizabeth Roberts, returned to the scene, later tossed a firearm into the Manatee River, and was arrested on May 31, 2024, charged as a principal to second-degree murder with a firearm. The sheriff’s office describes the incident as isolated and asks anyone with information to contact investigators.

Did anyone see activity in the Tallywood Centre area that morning or have information about the people involved?