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

New York Post · Ella Morrison · 2026-11-06 02:47 UTC

Jacob Pearson, 35, who was enraged over a $2,500 credit card debt, killed a Citibank employee in Tampa, Florida, before a security guard fatally shot him.

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The shirtless gunman who killed one woman and sent thousands fleeing at Citibank’s Florida campus on Wednesday threatened to shoot up the financial institution over a measly $2,500 debt collection just hours before the carnage.

Weeks before the bloodshed, Citibank filed a complaint against the shooter, Jacob Pearson, 35, on Oct. 23, advising he owed over $2,500 in credit card debt, according to Orange County court documents.

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