GUILTY FL - Sebring: Mass Shooting SunTrust Bank 1/23/19 - 5+ killed - shooter Zephen Xaver in custody

[Seattle1]

Zephen Xaver allegedly called 911 to report that he'd fired shots withing the SunTrust Bank branch in Sebring just after 12.30pm.

After a standoff with officers, Xaver eventually surrendered to SWAT members and was placed under arrest. Video shows him being perp-walked in handcuffs through the parking lot to a police vehicle.

Police have not yet determined a motive in the 'senseless murders', but Florida Governor Ron DeSantis promised swift justice for the victims, whose names are being withheld pending family notification.

Authorities say Xaver was a correctional officer trainee hired by the Avon Park Correctional Institution in November, but he resigned on January 9 without an explanation.

A friend of Xaver's family described the 21-year-old as 'very normal'.

'He's definitely a normal person. I would have never in a million years thought anything like this would have ever happened,' Sharon Spillane told WFLA.

The Xavers' house was surrounded by crime scene tape for most of the day on Wednesday, according to local media.

'I am friends with his parents,' Spillane said. 'We've had barbeques together. My nine-year-old goes down with me. We've cooked together. We've watched movies. They are a very normal family.'
Five people are shot dead during 'hostage situation' after a gunman opened fire inside bank | Daily Mail Online

 

[Indy Anna]

At Least 5 Dead In Shooting At Central Florida Bank; Suspect In Custody

Xaver was an online student of Salt Lake City-based Stevens-Henager College from September until December 2018 when he withdrew. He was also a trainee prison guard between Nov. 2 and Jan. 9 when he resigned, according to Florida Department of Corrections records cited by the Associated Press.

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Very odd. He withdrew from online classes, then resigned from his job, then went on a shooting rampage the day his mother was leaving on a business trip. Is all of this interconnected somehow, or was this a young man who was becoming steadily more mentally unstable and unable to handle the stresses of life?

 

[enelram]

From 2016 FB he had large depiction of the Grim Reaper.
Was he obsessed by death? a cult? How was he spending his time? Recent photos during arrest show he lost some weight and
looked more fit. Was he working out and taking steroids?
Will be interesting to see the motive come out.

 

[enelram]

Neighbor say Xaver kept to himself and played video games in middle of night. Neighbor could hear him yelling at games.
Xaver and his mother just moved to Sebring from Indiana last fall.

Police: Former prison guard trainee kills 5 in Florida bank

 

[Seattle1]

Jan 24, 2019
Was it a robbery gone VERY wrong? Police admit they are baffled why 21-year-old unemployed corrections officer 'shot dead five' at Florida bank as friends describe him as 'quiet' and 'well-mannered'

• Cops say Zephen Xaver opened fire Wednesday inside SunTrust Bank in Sebring
• Officers arrived on scene at 12.36pm after Xaver reported the shooting to 911
• A SWAT team entered the bank to negotiate and Xaver eventually surrendered
• Investigators say they have yet to find any motive behind the 'senseless' crime
• But police refused to rule out robbery gone wrong as they hunted for clues

S Spillane, who spoke to Fox 13, said: 'I would have never in a million years seen this coming at all.

'We’ve cooked together, I’ve been in their house, we’ve watched movies. They’re a very normal family.

'He had a job and he was very quiet and very well-mannered. Anytime that I saw him, he was very well-mannered, always good posture and well-spoken.'

She said officers spent the evening searching the Xaver family home - a simple one-story structure on the city's west side, around four miles from the bank.

Xaver was arrested inside that bank on Wednesday after a standoff with police in which they tried to negotiate with him.

But after negotiations failed SWAT officers stormed in, prompting Xaver to surrender. It was then that the bodies were discovered.
Florida bank shooting: Police refuse to rule out robbery gone wrong | Daily Mail Online

 

[enelram]

According to ex-friends parents and fellow students, he suffered
from depression and self-image. Had poor relationship with
his father who pushed him to play football.
Sounds like he set it up to be Suicide By Cop, but chickened out.

Suspect in Florida bank shooting originally from Marshall County

 

[SeesSeas]

Man Accused of Killing 5 In Sebring Bank To Face Judge
PUBLISHED 4:22 AM EST Jan. 24, 2019 UPDATED 8:45 AM ET Jan. 24, 2019
SEBRING, Fla. — Five people were killed on Wednesday at a SunTrust Bank in what was described as a hostage situation as the suspected gunman is set to make his first court appearance on Thursday.
[...]
The names of those who were killed have not been released.

 

[enelram]

Ex= girlfriend in Indiana tried to warn people about how dangerous Xaver was. He was kicked out of high school for
telling authorities he had a dream and wanted to kill all the
kids in his class.
She said he had sent her a pic of gun he had just bought.
He was always interested in guns and death, she said.
Good read to see how this evolved in last few years.

Ex-girlfriend of Florida bank shooting suspect: He 'wanted everybody to die'

 

[cybervampira]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=238895417042499

The man accused of killing five in a shootout at a Florida bank on Wednesday is making his first court appearance. Suspect in Sebring, Florida, bank shooting recently quit his job

 

[cybervampira]

Zephen Xaver is accused of opening fire inside a Florida bank Wednesday, killing five people before surrendering to a SWAT team, police said.

Police: 5 fatally shot inside Florida bank, suspect arrested

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1310649365739722

FOX23 News

He was alllegedly upset because he's never had a girlfriend and was a virgin.

Man upset over never having girlfriend accused of mass shooting threat to kill girls
FOX23 News

 

[enelram]

cybervampira, you might want to remove the last 2 Fox23 articles
as it looks like this is about a different guy.
unless I'm missing something.

 

[cybervampira]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=543021582876338

FLORIDA BANK SHOOTING: #ZephenXaver accused of killing 5 people at a #Florida bank in #Sebring yesterday afternoon will have his first court appearance at 8:30am today, followed by an 11am news conference. Stay with 10News WTSP for the latest. Here's more on what we know of the suspect so far. https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/l...-5-murder-charges/67-d128a37b-29f4-4f81-8456-

 

[cybervampira]

HLN

Florida bank shooting: Was there any signifigance to "Death to the Wicked" shirt the suspect was wearing? Camila Bernal reports.

CNN: Sebring, Florida, shooting: At least 5 people killed at SunTrust Bank, police say - CNN

 

[SuziQ]

I was in banking for over 20 years. My daughter is a branch investment banker. There should be a video that will tell the story.

IMO, they were gunned down so fast they had no time to sound an alarm. And the sensors are within reach of all employees. This was not about robbery or he would have fled asap. Instead he called 911 on himself!

Over the years the public has gotten more and more aggressive. Just wackadoodle. I worry just as much about my daughter as I did my Marine son and LE children.

 

[kirkassoc]

At Least 5 Dead In Shooting At Central Florida Bank; Suspect In Custody

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Very odd. He withdrew from online classes, then resigned from his job, then went on a shooting rampage the day his mother was leaving on a business trip. Is all of this interconnected somehow, or was this a young man who was becoming steadily more mentally unstable and unable to handle the stresses of life?

Tired of working is my guess. Now he will receive a lifetime of services paid for by the taxpayer. Lots of online gaming in prison, along with free room and board, free medical dental and no work for the rest of his life (50 years or so). Absolutely no fear of death penalty. I am hearing this more and more. They don't want to work and DO NOT fear going to prison. JMO, MOO.

 

[angelainwi]

Florida bank shooting suspect 'always hated people'


Florida bank shooting suspect 'always hated people'

 

[enelram]

per ABC Noon News-Ch9-Orlando

All five WOMEN were shot execution style and were all found
in the lobby of the bank face down on the floor.. Each had bullet wounds in the back of the heads and upper torso. 4 were bank employees and 1 was
a customer. LE says still no motive but definitely not robbery.

 

[SeesSeas]

Highlands County Sheriff's Office was live — with Paul Blackman at Highlands County Sheriff's Office.
about an hour ago · Sebring, FL ·

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=295738357965799

 

[Hatfield]

Xaver was hired Nov 2018 by Avon Park Correctional Institution. Resigned Jan 9 without explanation.

Who is Zephen Xaver, the Sebring shooting suspect?

So put him right back to work at that correction institute. But this time have him cleaning the toilets as a prisoner.

So sad for the victims of these senseless murders.

 

[SuziQ]

per ABC Noon News-Ch9-Orlando

All five WOMEN were shot execution style and were all found
in the lobby of the bank face down on the floor.. Each had bullet wounds in the back of the heads and upper torso. 4 were bank employees and 1 was
a customer. LE says still no motive but definitely not robbery.

What a .