Citibank Guard Kills Gunman After Fatal Campus Shooting

A Citibank security officer shot and killed Jacob Pearson after he fatally shot employee Leanne Selman at the company’s Tampa-area campus, Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said. Pearson later died at a hospital. Authorities said the attack followed a threat over a court summons related to a debt of about $2,500. Chronister identified Pearson, 35, as an Orlando resident who drove to the campus on Wednesday, November 4. The sheriff said Pearson had called an attorney’s office contracted to handle debt collection for Citibank at about 9 a.m. and threatened violence unless a court case was canceled. Court records cited by authorities showed a balance of $2,556.40. The law office notified Citibank security, which contacted Orlando police for a welfare check, Chronister said. Pearson had already left his home when officers arrived. Citibank security then alerted the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, which sent two officers to the campus. According to Chronister, they were coordinating with the company’s security team when gunfire began shortly after noon. The sheriff said Pearson drove through a gate into a courtyard, got out carrying a rifle and shot Selman, 41, a...