The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after one person was shot and another was stabbed in Bradenton on August 12.

Deputies responded to a home in the Silver Lake neighborhood , where they found Dakota Hayes, 21, outside with two gunshot wounds.

His brother, 24-year-old Willie Hayes, exited the home and told deputies that he shot his brother after he stabbed his girlfriend .

When deputies entered the residence, they found a 23-year-old woman in the bedroom with multiple stab wounds.

They rendered first aid until EMS arrived and transported the woman and Dakota Hayes to Sarasota Memorial Hospital. Both remain hospitalized but are expected to survive.

The motive for the stabbing is not unknown, authorities said. Investigators said that the incident was isolated, and

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