By ABC7 Staff | December
30, 2019 at 12:09 PM EST - Updated December 31 at 8:49 AM
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A
brother and sister are facing charges of attempted murder after a drive-by
shooting in Sarasota.
Police say shortly before
3:15pm on December 22, near the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way
and Maple Avenue, the victims had stopped their vehicle in the roadway and were
speaking with a person selling ribs along the roadside to find out if there
were any left.
According to the victims,
the two people in the vehicle behind them, later identified as 23-year-old
Rajanique Graves and 17-year-old James Phillips, who are brother and sister,
became angry.
After learning the ribs
were sold out, the victims continued forward and when they reached Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. Way and Coconut Avenue, the victims say Phillips pointed a
large gun out of the window of his vehicle and fired two shots at their
vehicle.
One victim, who is
pregnant, was struck in the left forearm and the bullet continued through her
arm into her stomach.
After the shots were
fired, the suspects fled.
The victims called 911
and had friends drive them to the hospital. Both are expected to survive their
injuries.
Police say Phillips and Graves were arrested without
incident during a traffic stop on Friday, December 27 near the intersection of
Myrtle Avenue and U.S. 301.
Both were
transported to the Sarasota County Jail.
Phillips is facing
charges of Attempted 2nd Degree Murder, Shooting into an Occupied Vehicle and
Aggravated Assault with a Firearm. Graves is facing charges of Principle -
Attempted 2nd Degree Murder, Principle - Shooting into an Occupied Vehicle and
Principle - Aggravated Assault with a Firearm. These are Principle charges
because Graves is believed to have been the driver of the vehicle.
Link at knuckledraggin.com
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