Sheriff's Office details Sabal Center shooting timeline and threat that preceded it
An armed Citibank security guard, 38, stopped the attacker within a minute; one employee was killed and four others were treated and released.
TAMPA - The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office on Nov. 5 released a timeline of the Nov. 4 Sabal Center / Citibank campus shooting. A 35-year-old man who threatened the bank over a debt killed one employee before an armed security guard stopped him.
Release 26-186 says that morning he threatened Citibank after contact about a $2,500 debt summons, saying he would bring a rifle and bulletproof vest. Orange County agencies sought him; Orlando police alerted area agencies after seeing him leave a complex. Before noon, Citibank reported a credible threat.
At 12:10 p.m. he crashed into the campus gate; at 12:11 p.m. he opened fire and killed an employee. Within one minute, a 38-year-old Citibank armed security guard — a vice president and intelligence lead analyst — confronted him in the cafeteria and shot him. Deputies arrived at 12:16 p.m.; he died at Tampa General at 1:12 p.m.
A 41-year-old Citibank Learning Advisor for Citi Security and Investigative Services, there nine years, died at the scene. Four others were treated for non-life-threatening injuries and released. Sheriff Chad Chronister said the guard stopped the threat within minutes with more than 3,200 people on campus. The investigation remains active.
Source: Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office release 26-186, Nov. 5, 2026, 4:16 p.m.: "Sheriff Chronister provides update on Sabal Center homicide investigation" (read ~5:25 a.m. EST Nov. 6).