Sarasota man sentenced to 35 years for murder investigated by Sarasota Police

Shortly after midnight on Thursday, January 6, 2022, Evans shot and killed a man outside of Moore’s Grocery, 1993 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Sarasota. Evans shot the victim twice and then he fled in his father’s 1997 Toyota Camry. Later that day, Evans fled to Mississippi in a rental car, where he evaded law enforcement for approximately two months. Detectives worked the case by following the evidence and tracking down every possible lead that resulted in the arrest of Evans on February 5, 2022, with the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Service.