A Florida Marine veteran was credited Thursday as a hero for fatally shooting a gunman who drove onto a Citibank Center campus and began hunting down workers in anger over a delinquent $2,500 credit card bill, officials said.
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During a press briefing detailing the tragedy, Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister identified the security officer as John Fraley, who confronted 35-year-old Jacob Pearson inside the corporate setting just after he shot and killed a female Citibank employee.
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"He is an individual that's afforded an opportunity to carry a firearm because the ones who were either previous law enforcement or military and have that training, Citibank empowers them to carry a handgun," Chronister said.
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"He didn't have to stop.
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He could have run and protected his own life, too.
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He took up a tactical position when he saw the suspect coming and made a decision.
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"That decision put his own life at risk to stop that shooter from harming anyone else," he added.
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Pearson was married and had a 7-year-old child, the sheriff said.
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He became violent upon receiving a court summons regarding a $2,500 delinquent debt owed to Citibank, the sheriff said.
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Furious over the court notice, Pearson called an attorney's office contracted by the bank for collections around 9 a.m. Wednesday.
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He allegedly made violent threats to the attorney's office over the phone before leaving his Orlando home.
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"Unless you want me to go over there with my AR-15, my bulletproof vest and my insanity, you m************ cancel this court case," he allegedly said, Fox 13 reported.
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"Do you understand me?
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They are only an hour and three minutes away, so the last thing you want to do is f*** with me.
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Citibank’s head of security, a retired Secret Service agent, recognized the severity of the threat, initiated proactive safety measures, and contacted both the Orlando Police Department for a welfare check and the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office to request deputy presence on campus.
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Despite those steps, Pearson drove to the Brandon campus, crashing through a gate into the courtyard where employees were gathered.
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Once inside, he got out of his sedan with a rifle immediately shot 41-year-old learning advisor LeAnne Selmon three times before his weapon malfunctioned, according to Chronister.
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"As he shoots her, his rifle begins to malfunction," he said.
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"This suspect goes back… returns back to his car, retrieves his handgun, walks back over to the victim who's trying to crawl away with her life and executes her.
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"He was there intent on one purpose and that purpose was to hunt any human being he could find and kill," the sheriff said.
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"Because of the heroic actions of this Citibank security officer, vice president of operations, his reign of terror ended before it even began."
Pearson then walked into a cafeteria intent on finding more victims before encountering Fraley, the sheriff said.
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Fraley, a Citibank security guard, vice president of operations, took a tactical position inside the men's restroom and opened fire, striking Pearson five times, according to the sheriff.
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Pearson was taken to Tampa General Hospital for medical care, where he died from his injuries.
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