Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister has named the man who died in Wednesday’s shooting at a Citibank complex.
As per BayNews9 , the sheriff said the security guard who shot the armed suspect was a hero.
As per the sheriff, the attorneys office then told Citibank security. Chronister said Orlando police went to Pearson’s home for a welfare check, but he was not there. Pearson’s wife has been helping investigators, according to the sheriff.
Who was the suspect?
He died at a local hospital. The office is hired by Citibank for collection. The suspect is Jacob Pearson, 35, of Orlando, according to BayNews9. The sheriff said Pearson was married and had a 7-year-old child. Chronister said the suspect was carrying 90 rounds of ammunition. As per the sheriff, Pearson was angry about a summons over a $2,500 payment.
“Our suspect took one life, and that’s one life too many,” the sheriff said, as per BayNews9.
As per Chronister, Pearson had no earlier criminal record. Pearson called an attorneys office at about 9am on Wednesday, according to Chronister.
Chronister said Pearson told them, “unless you want me to go over there with my AR-15,” to cancel the case.
