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Security Guard Kills Tampa Citibank Gunman After Woman’s Fatal Shooting
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Viewer discretion is advised: The videos accompanying this report contain footage of a fatal shooting. A woman was killed at a Citibank campus in Tampa, Florida, before an armed security guard stopped the gunman. Newly released surveillance footage shows the confrontation, and Sheriff Chad Chronister is crediting guard John Fraley with preventing an already terrible attack from becoming even worse. The suspect, identified as Jacob Pearson, drove a vehicle through a gate and entered a building carrying a rifle. The shooting occurred Wednesday, with emergency dispatchers receiving calls at 12:11 p.m. According to the report, Pearson fatally shot the woman over a delinquent $2,500 credit card debt. Hours earlier, he had threatened to shoot up the building over a court summons related to the debt. A debt dispute became a deadly attack on people at their workplace. https://twitter.com/ScopeReport_/status/2118450571946434633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Fraley, identified in the accompanying coverage as a Marine veteran, confronted Pearson inside the cafeteria. The armed guard shot the suspect, who was later pronounced dead at TGH. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Chronister praised Fraley’s decision to confront the attacker rather than escape. That distinction matters. Training and preparedness are not decorative items on a corporate checklist; in…
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