SARASOTA, FLa. — A Sarasota man received multiple life sentences Tuesday for his role in a 2018 shooting that left two people injured.
On April 6, 2018, officers with the Sarasota Police Department responded to the scene of the shooting at a home on 21st Street. Both victims had suffered close-range gun shots to the head.
Evidence tied 39-year-old Linval Cohoone to the scene. Both victims, one of whom was Cohoone's girlfriend, were able to testify that Cohoone was the person who shot them.
Days later, Cohoone was arrested on two counts of attempted murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
In December of 2021, while in custody at the Sarasota County Jail, Cohoone was charged with murder for hire after offering an inmate $7,500 to kill one of the surviving victims of the 2018 shooting.
One year later, in December 2022, Cohoone directed a three-way call to one of the victims from inside the jail. He apologized to the victim and begged them to help him get off on the charges. He was later charged with witness tampering.
Tuesday's sentence brings an end to a nearly six-year investigation.
Cohoone was given two life sentences for both counts of attempted murder, 15 years for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, 30 years for murder for hire and 30 years for witness tampering.
