Double Murder-Suicide Details Emerge

NOKOMIS, FL — A Monday night call about shots fired on a residential street in Nokomis led Sarasota County Sheriff’s deputies to the discovery of three bodies.

According to the agency, the call from the 400 block of Kenwood Avenue came in around 11:13 p.m. Oct. 2. When deputies arrived on the scene, they found five people inside the home – three dead and two injured. (For more local news from Florida, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from Sarasota Patch, and click here to find your local Florida Patch. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

While details were slow to be released, the sheriff's office shared information Tuesday afternoon from its preliminary investigation. Deputies say a domestic disturbance took place outside the home Monday night between Anthony Isrig, 28, and his wife Susan Rutigliano-Garcia, 49.

"A neighbor witnessed Isrig punch Rutigliano-Garcia and then observed both of them run back inside their residence," an email from the sheriff's office said. "Neighbors reported they could hear yelling and gunshots from within the home."

Michael Meacham, 27, a neighbor of the couple's tried to step in to help. Deputies say Rutigliano-Garcia's daughter, Joanna Beagle, 17, opened the door when Meacham approached. Beagle, the email said, "exited with significant injuries to include a gunshot wound."

At that point, deputies say Isrig also left the home, got into his vehicle and ran into Meacham and several vehicles parked across the street. Isrig then armed himself again and went back into the home before witnesses heard another gunshot, the email said.

Deputies say they found Rutigliano-Garcia and her son Matthew Beagle, 18, dead inside the home. Isrig was also found dead, "holding a shotgun," the email said.

Joanna Beagle is expected to make a full recovery.

No further information is being released at this time.

With an estimated 42,000 deaths attributed to suicide annually, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lists this as the 10th leading cause of death in the United States.

If you or someone you know is considering suicide, there are resources available to help. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available 24 hours a day at 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433). Its website offers services including a live chat.

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