UPDATE: Police officer shoots man during suspected robbery at Publix in Sarasota

The Sarasota Police Department and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement are investigating an officer-involved shooting following a robbery attempt Tuesday at a Publix parking lot in Sarasota.

Sarasota Police said officers responded near Beneva and Fruitville roads for a report of a robbery just after 10 a.m. Several minutes later, shots were fired, the police department said.

Authorities said an 83-year-old woman had finished shopping at the Publix on Beneva Road and was pushing her groceries to her car.  After unloading the cart, the victim told police she was approached by the suspect, a 71-year-old man from Sarasota who tried to take her purse off her shoulder.

During a press conference on Wednesday, the suspect was identified as Robert Briandi.

The victim struggled with the suspect and said he had something shiny in his hand and that he threatened her with it. Police said a witness saw what was happening and tried to help. The suspect started to leave the area, and the witness followed him, videoing him with his phone while calling 911.

"She did a heck of a job fighting him off,” Sarasota Police Captain Jonathan Todd said during the news briefing Wednesday.

The suspect continued walking southbound through the McDonald’s parking lot across from the Homewood Suites on Fruitville Road, then crossed the street holding a knife, and was confronted by a Sarasota Police officer in the parking lot of the hotel between two parked cars.

The officer took his firearm, pointed it at the suspect, and ordered him to drop the knife and get on the ground multiple times.  After the officer commanded the suspect to get on the ground and drop the knife, the suspect advanced toward the officer with a knife in his hand. The suspect was told again to stop, drop the knife and get on the ground. but the suspect took several steps toward the officer, and the officer fired his weapon.

Video recordings from local businesses and the cell phone corroborated the victim’s statements.

Briandi is in stable condition at Sarasota Memorial Hospital and is expected to survive. The officer was uninjured, according to the department. FDLE will lead the investigation into the shooting, while the police department will investigate the robbery incident.

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The officer involved in the shooting, whose identity was not released, will be placed on paid administrative leave. He has 17 years of experience in policing, authorities said.

Briandi has been charged with robbery with a weapon, aggravated assault with a weapon without intent to kill, and aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer.

This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Sarasota Police investigate officer-involved shooting