Victim put gun to his mouth before he was killed, cops say. But who pulled the trigger?

A man shot to death earlier this week in East Manatee put the gun to his mouth and demanded that a woman pull the trigger, before it went off and killed him. Investigators have identified the woman as a “suspect” in the death, but they are not certain about who pulled the trigger, according to a Manatee County Sheriff’s Office incident report.

The report, made available Thursday, identified the victim as Sean Robitaille, 26. The suspect’s name is not listed.

No arrests have been made in the case.

About 5:45 p.m. Sunday, deputies responding to a report of a shooting in a residence in the 6300 block of Glen Abbey Lane found Robitaille with a gunshot wound to the mouth.

In a news release Monday, the sheriff’s office said others were inside the residence and that Robitaille was acting “erratic and was making threats to harm himself and others.”

The incident report offers more details about what investigators say happened.

According to the report, deputies found Robitaille in a front bedroom with a gunshot wound to the mouth.

The suspect told deputies that Robitaille had threatened to kill everyone in the house and “hunt down her family if she didn’t shoot him,” the report states.

The suspect told deputies that Robitaille placed the gun in his mouth, put her hand on the gun, as well, and then “tazed her several times,” the report states.

According to deputies, the suspect could not say for sure who pulled the trigger, “but the gun went off striking the victim in the mouth, killing him,” the report states.

This story was originally published September 26, 2019 at 8:35 AM.