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20
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10%
2 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Newly released surveillance footage shows a heroic security officer taking out a deranged gunman who opened fire at a Florida Citibank campus on Wednesday.
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who → release → Wednesday
Footage released Thursday by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office shows 38-year-old Citibank security officer and Marine Corps veteran John Fraley fatally shooting 35-year-old Jacob Pearson during an attack on the Tampa-area office.
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officer → release → office
Pearson showed up to the Citibank armed with a rifle after being contacted with a court summons over a $2,500 debt, according to police.
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Pearson → show → police
The footage shows Pearson walking into the building’s cafeteria armed with a rifle before Fraley stepped out of the men’s restroom and opened fire on the gunman with a handgun.
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Fraley → show → handgun
Pearson fell to the ground as he was hit.
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he → fall → ground
Struck five times, Pearson would later die at the hospital from his wounds.
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Pearson → strike → wounds
Sheriff Chad Chronister praised Fraley for his response to the attack, noting that he was able to take out the gunman by taking up a tactically sound position.
“John Fraley confronted this suspect and is a hero, plain and simple.
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Fraley → praise → suspect
In a moment when most people would run away from danger, this guard ran toward it and stopped the threat within minutes of the first shots being fired,” he said.
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he → run → shots
“With more than 3,200 people on that campus, there is no doubt that these quick and courageous actions saved lives.”
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actions → be → lives
Fraley, the vice president and intelligence lead analyst at Citibank who was authorized to carry a firearm on the bank’s campus, confronted Pearson after he rammed his vehicle into the gate of the building and fatally shot one employee.
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he → authorize → employee
Police identified the victim as 41-year-old Leanne Selman, who worked for the bank for nine years.
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who → identify → years
“Our hearts are broken for Selman’s family, friends, and coworkers.
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hearts → break → family
She went to work yesterday like any other day and never came home,” Chronister said.
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Chronister → go → day
“There is no justification for this cowardly act of senseless violence that has left a family and a community heartbroken.”
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that → be → family
Pearson showed up at the Citibank campus after he called in a threat that he would bring a rifle and bulletproof vest to their headquarters.
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he → show → headquarters
Police were unable to locate him before he arrived at the building.
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he → locate → building
“Unless you want me to go over there with my AR-15, my bulletproof vest and my insanity, you mf’ing cancel this court case.
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you → want → case
Do you understand me?
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you → understand → me
They are only an hour and three minutes away, so the last thing you want to do is f with me,” Pearson told an attorney’s office working for the bank, according to investigators.
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Pearson → want → investigators
Four other people were taken to the hospital to be treated for injuries and were released shortly after.
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people → take → injuries
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