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Sheriff: Tampa Citibank gunman was angry over $2,500 debt case

Hillsborough County officials said Jacob Pearson, 35, of Orlando killed a Citibank employee in Tampa after threatening a lawyer over a $2,500 debt, WESH and WSVN reported.

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Wire reporting: (AP, via WSVN 7)

A gunman who opened fire Wednesday at Citibank's suburban Tampa office campus was angry over a roughly $2,500 debt-collection case, Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said Thursday1,2.

Officials identified him as Jacob Pearson, 35, of Orlando1,2. About three hours before the shooting he called a lawyer affiliated with Citibank and threatened to arrive with a rifle unless a court date was canceled, the sheriff said1,2.

Pearson drove from Orlando, crashed through a campus gate and shot 41-year-old Citibank employee Leanne Selman, WESH reported1. An armed Citibank security staffer shot Pearson, who died at a hospital1,2. Chronister said Pearson had 90 rounds and that a rifle jammed after some shots2.

WESH said five other people were hurt; WSVN's AP account said the security executive shot Pearson before he could hurt anyone else1,2. That injury count is not reconciled here.

Sources

  1. WESHGunman in Citibank shooting was 'irate' over court case, drove to Tampa from Orlando
  2. (AP, via WSVN 7)Citibank office shooter targeted company over a $2,500 debt collection, Florida sheriff says

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How it’s being reported

2 sources

First reported by WSVN 7WSVN 7

Where they agree

  • Pearson was named as the gunman.
  • Selman was identified as the employee killed.
  • A security employee shot Pearson.

Where they differ

Whether others were wounded

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WESHWESH

Gunman in Citibank shooting was 'irate' over court case, drove to Tampa from Orlando

Timeline from Orlando to Tampa campus.

HCSO news conference on threat call, welfare check and shooting sequence.

Timeline from Orlando to Tampa campus.

What it reports

  • Sheriff's officials identified the gunman as Jacob Pearson, 35, of Orlando, WESH reported.
  • They said he threatened a Citibank-contracted attorney over a court summons, then drove to Tampa.
  • A security guard shot Pearson; employee Leanne Selman, 41, was killed, WESH said.
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