2019 Sebring shooting

On January 23, 2019, at around 12:30 pm, five women – four employees and a customer – were shot and killed at the SunTrust Bank in Sebring, Florida.

Zephen Xaver, aged 21, surrendered and was arrested at the scene by police after a standoff and the deployment of a SWAT team.

[5] At 12:32 pm, a man entered the SunTrust Bank wearing a ballistic vest underneath his sweatshirt.

Minutes before entering the bank, he texted to his girlfriend that he was going to die today and that he was going to kill people just to know how it would feel.

The shooter then ordered the five women to lie down on the floor face down with their heads pointing towards the wall.

The crisis negotiator eventually convinced the suspect to put the handgun down and surrender, as members of the SWAT team entered the bank by ramming an armored vehicle through its glass front doors.