--- description: In the search for a double-murder suspect in Florida, authorities found security footage showing the suspect making a throat-slashing motion title: Suspect Makes Throat-Slashing Motion Before Fatal Shootings at Florida Resort image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltadeb6b5b01713dfa/6988d897656a3f9ae9bd1240/gettyimages-527237902-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Crime](/tag/crime/) ## Crime Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Suspect Makes Throat-Slashing Motion Before Fatal Shootings at Florida Resort by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 5, 2017 2:54 PM CUT  Longboat Key in Florida. Longboat Key in Florida.Getty Images by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 5, 2017 2:54 PM CUT After two fatal shootings at a [Florida](http://time.com/4886316/florida-man-banned-beach-sugardaddy-business-cards/ "undefined") beach resort, authorities have found surveillance footage that seems to show the suspect making a throat-slashing motion. The night front desk manager and a security guard at the Zota Beach Resort were shot to death early Friday morning, [according to the Associated Press.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2-fatally-shot-during-robbery-gone-bad-at-florida-resort/2017/08/04/b13551cc-792a-11e7-8c17-533c52b2f014%5Fstory.html?utm%5Fterm=.3f42a1974995 "undefined") The killing is believed to be a [robbery](http://www.thedrive.com/news/12908/bank-robbers-use-blacked-out-mercedes-amg-donald-trump-masks-in-atm-heist-spree "undefined") gone wrong. Longboat Key Police [told a local Fox news station](http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/271957120-story "undefined") that the suspect took $900. Surveillance video of the night appears to show the suspect making a throat-slashing motion before walking away, according to Fox 13\. The network said police think there may a second suspect that the first was gesturing to. Authorities are still looking for the suspect or suspects, though they believe this is an isolated incident and have “no concerns for residents or visitors on the island,” according to AP. There is a $18,000 [reward](http://time.com/4796704/kala-brown-todd-kohlhepp-south-carolina-serial-killer/ "undefined") for anyone with information about the crime that leads to an arrest. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4888723/longboat-key-murders-zota-beach-resort/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4888723/longboat-key-murders-zota-beach-resort/"},"headline":"Suspect Makes Throat-Slashing Motion Before Fatal Shootings at Florida Resort","datePublished":"2017-08-05T14:54:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:52:36.308Z","description":"Authorities are still looking for the suspect and have set an $18,000 reward","url":"https://time.com/4888723/longboat-key-murders-zota-beach-resort/","keywords":["Crime","Florida","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltadeb6b5b01713dfa/6988d897656a3f9ae9bd1240/gettyimages-527237902-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltadeb6b5b01713dfa/6988d897656a3f9ae9bd1240/gettyimages-527237902-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Sunset Waves on Longboat Key, Florida","caption":"Sunset Waves on Longboat Key, Florida","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/crime/","name":"Crime"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4888723/longboat-key-murders-zota-beach-resort/","name":"Suspect Makes Throat-Slashing Motion Before Fatal Shootings at Florida Resort"}}]}] ```