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Citibank office shooter targeted company over a $2,500 debt collection, Florida sheriff says

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Thursday, November 5, 2026 at 11:58 PM · 1 min read
Citibank office shooter targeted company over a $2,500 debt collection, Florida sheriff says — Coral Gables Dining news

A gunman who killed a woman before being fatally shot by a security guard at Citibank’s sprawling office complex in Tampa targeted the campus because he was angry over a $2,500 debt collection, a sheriff said Thursday.About three hours before Wednesday's shooting, Jacob Pearson called an attorney affiliated with Citibank and threatened violence, Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister told a news conference.On the phone, Pearson demanded that the lawyer cancel a court hearing over Pearson's unpaid credit card debt “unless you want me to go over there with my AR-15, my bulletproof vest and my insanity,” Chronister said.The sheriff said Pearson, 35, had no criminal history. Pearson’s father, Richard Pearson, told The Associated Press that he had never seen an indication that his son was capable of carrying out a violent shooting.Gunman targeted Citibank, but had 'zero connection' to the victimThe attack unfolded as many of the 3,200 employees at Citibank's campus in suburban Tampa we

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