The other person killed was a family friend, according to a cousin. The man who killed them all shot himself to death, police say.

The deaths of five people at a home in Sarasota could be connected to a double homicide in South Florida, authorities announced Wednesday.

A man in Florida who allegedly gunned down six people in a shooting spree at two properties in Sarasota and Fort Lauderdale before killing himself has been identified, authorities said.

A man who investigators say killed four people in Sarasota is also linked to a double homicide in Fort Lauderdale, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office.