Citibank Shooting: A $2,500 Debt Turned Deadly in Brandon

Case No. DHF-054 | Subject: Leanne Selman, 41, Citibank employee, killed at work | Date: Wednesday 4 November 2026 | Location: Sabal Center, Citibank campus, 3800 Citibank Center, Brandon, near Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA | Status: INVESTIGATION ONGOING

Posted: 7 November 2026

Status stamp: INVESTIGATION ONGOING

Image note for readers: All images in this file are original illustrations created for Dark History Files. They are atmospheric artwork, not photographs and not real evidence. No image in this file depicts Leanne Selman, Jacob Pearson, John Fraley, any member of any family, any investigator, any official, or any real person, and no image depicts any act of violence, any death, or any search.

Caption: Case card for DHF-054 — Citibank shooting case, Brandon, Florida. Status: INVESTIGATION ONGOING.

THE FILE CARD

Case File No.	DHF-054
Subject	Leanne Selman, 41, of Palm Harbor, Florida, a Learning Advisor for Citi Security and Investigative Services who had worked at Citibank for nine years.
Date	Wednesday 4 November 2026 (attack, shortly after noon); Thursday 5 November 2026 (identifications and sheriff's news conference)
Location	Sabal Center, Citibank's office campus at 3800 Citibank Center, in Brandon, near Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, USA
Status	INVESTIGATION ONGOING
Investigating authorities	Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO)
People involved	Jacob Pearson, 35, of Orlando, identified by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office as the gunman. He was shot by a Citibank security officer during the attack and died in hospital. No charges were filed against him; a deceased person is not charged. John Fraley, 38, a Citibank security officer and Marine veteran, confronted Pearson and shot him five times. Fraley was injured in the incident. No other person is named as a suspect in any source relied on here.
One-line summary	Leanne Selman, 41, a Citibank employee of nine years, was shot and killed at the bank's Sabal Center campus in Brandon, Florida, shortly after noon on Wednesday 4 November 2026, by Jacob Pearson, 35, of Orlando — a man who, according to the sheriff, had threatened the bank that same morning over a court summons for about $2,500 in credit-card debt. A Citibank security officer, John Fraley, confronted Pearson in the campus cafeteria and shot him five times; Pearson died in hospital. Four other people were treated for non-life-threatening injuries. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says the homicide investigation is continuing.

Why this file is stamped INVESTIGATION ONGOING: The stamp records the position as it stands on 7 November 2026. The man the sheriff identifies as the gunman is dead, so there will be no trial and no verdict in this case — but the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has said the homicide investigation is continuing, and it is still seeking video and photographs from the campus. The open questions in this file are not about who fired the shots — the sheriff has named him — but about the hours before the shooting: what warning reached the campus, when it reached it, and whether anything in that chain could have stopped what happened at noon. Until the sheriff's office closes its investigation or publishes its findings, the stamp stays INVESTIGATION ONGOING, and this file will be updated, dated, and re-stamped if the facts change — never quietly rewritten.

THE CASE

Shortly after noon on a Wednesday

Shortly after noon on Wednesday 4 November 2026, the first 911 calls began coming in from Citibank's Sabal Center campus in Brandon, Florida, near Tampa. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office started receiving calls reporting shots fired at 12:11 p.m., and deputies responded within one minute. By then, the man the sheriff would later name as the gunman had already driven onto the campus, and the woman who would become the victim of the day was already dead or dying in the courtyard where other employees had been eating lunch.

The shooting itself lasted minutes. The warning that preceded it lasted hours. The debt behind it was $2,556.40. And the gap between the warning and the shooting — a phone call in the morning, gunfire at noon — is the part of this file that is still open.

The Sabal Center sits at 3800 Citibank Center, a cluster of three-story office buildings in Brandon, just outside Tampa, that can hold about 5,000 workers. About 3,200 people were on site that day. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says Jacob Pearson, 35, of Orlando, drove over several medians and a grassy area, crashed through a fence, and came to a stop in a courtyard where people were having lunch. He got out of the car with a rifle. The sheriff's office says he then approached the first Citibank employee he saw.

That employee was Leanne Selman, 41, of Palm Harbor. The sheriff's account, given at a news conference on Thursday 5 November, is that Pearson shot her three times with the rifle, that the rifle then malfunctioned, and that Pearson went back to his car for a handgun and shot her again. She was pronounced dead at the scene. This file adds no further detail about the shooting itself. The sheriff's account of those moments is on the public record, and the parts describing what was done to a woman trying to get away are not repeated here — not because they are in doubt, but because repeating them would add nothing to the facts.

What happened next is also a matter of record, and it is the reason the shooting ended when it did. John Fraley, 38, a Citibank security officer and a Marine veteran, heard the shooting and took up a position in a men's restroom. When Pearson entered the office cafeteria, Fraley confronted him and shot him five times. Pearson was taken to Tampa General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:12 p.m. Fraley was injured. Four other people were treated for non-life-threatening injuries and have since been released from hospital. The sheriff said no one else was shot.

The response was large and fast. More than 300 law enforcement officers responded, and more than 3,000 employees were evacuated from the complex in two and a half hours. Body-camera footage released by the sheriff's office, time-stamped 12:16 p.m., shows an armed officer running across the campus as crowds move through packed hallways to leave the building, hands raised, sirens sounding. A cafeteria worker who sheltered in a room with five others told CNN she had called her mother first, because if something happened to her, someone had to know. Citi's chair and chief executive, Jane Fraser, said in a statement that her heart went out to Selman's loved ones and to all colleagues in Tampa, and that she was grateful to the security team whose actions, in her words, prevented the day from being even worse. Counselling and other resources were made available to employees, and staff were not expected to work the next day.

Who Leanne Selman was

Leanne Selman was 41 years old and from Palm Harbor, Florida. She had worked at Citibank for nine years, most recently as a Learning Advisor for Citi Security and Investigative Services. That is the whole of the public record about her life outside this one day. There is no published account in the sources relied on for this file of her family, her interests, or the life she lived beyond the campus gates, and this file does not invent one. What the record says, plainly, is that she had been at the company for nine years and worked in its security and investigations team, and that she was the first employee the gunman saw when he got out of his car. Nothing in any source relied on here suggests she was singled out for any reason other than that she was there. The sheriff has described the attack as targeted against the company, not against her personally, and this file records it that way.

The debt

The debt at the centre of this case was $2,556.40, owed on a "My Best Buy Visa Platinum" credit card issued by Citibank. That figure comes from the court record, examined by the Tampa Bay 28 I-Team; it is the precise amount behind the round number, $2,500, in almost every headline about the shooting. Citibank filed a complaint against Pearson in Orange County Circuit Court on 23 October 2026. The lawsuit was served on his wife on Thursday 29 October, at the couple's apartment in Orlando. A pre-trial conference in the small-claims case was set for February.

Pearson was 35, married, with a seven-year-old child, and had no criminal record — reported by People, and confirmed by the Tampa Bay 28 I-Team, which says its reporters searched court records in multiple states and found no prior criminal charges against him. It matters here because it is the only background the public record gives for a man who, within twelve days of a lawsuit being filed against him, drove to a corporate campus with a rifle and a handgun. There is no reported history of violence, no reported prior contact with the bank beyond the debt, and no reported warning sign before the morning of the shooting itself — only the debt, the lawsuit, and the summons.

The morning

About three hours before the shooting, Pearson called the office of the attorney contracted by Citibank to handle the debt collection. The sheriff, Chad Chronister, described Pearson as irate over the court summons and quoted the call at his Thursday news conference. Pearson demanded that the lawyer cancel the court case, and said: "Unless you want me to go over there with my AR-15, my bulletproof vest and my insanity, you [expletive], cancel this court case. Do you understand me? They are only an hour and three minutes away, so the last thing you want to do is [expletive] with me." The expletives in that quotation are redacted here, as they were in the reporting this file relies on. The substance is not in doubt — it is quoted the same way by People and by Tampa Bay 28, both reporting the sheriff's news conference — and the substance is that Pearson named the weapons he intended to bring, named the distance, and named the condition under which he would not come.

What happened after that call is the part of this file that matters most, and the least settled. The attorney's office contacted Citibank's head of security, and the company's security team alerted the Orlando Police Department. Officers went to Pearson's home in Orlando for a welfare check, but by the time they arrived he was gone. They asked his wife about his location; she did not know where he was, and told officers he appeared to be angry. Orlando police relayed the information to Citibank security, who reported the threat to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, noting they did not know his whereabouts or whether he intended to carry out his threats. Two sheriff's deputies were sent to the campus. They were still on their way when Pearson drove through the gate.

The sheriff said the campus was already on the lookout for Pearson when the shooting began, and that deputies had just arrived at the complex to provide extra security when the gunman opened fire. The Associated Press put it this way: Citibank's security team and law enforcement were already on the lookout for Pearson after the attorney he called that morning reported the threat. That is the official account of the warning chain, and it is a careful one: the threat was reported, the police were called, a welfare check was attempted, the information was passed on, and deputies were dispatched. It also says, by its own timeline, that none of that was enough, or fast enough, to stop a man who had told the bank's own lawyer, three hours earlier, that he was an hour and three minutes away.

What is still open

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has said the homicide investigation is continuing, and it is still seeking video and photographs related to the incident. Its news releases on the case — 26-185, posted on Wednesday evening, and 26-186, posted on Thursday afternoon — both describe the investigation as active, and the Thursday release says all further updates will come from the sheriff's Public Affairs Office. Investigators had wrapped up evidence gathering at the campus by early Thursday, according to the Associated Press.

The questions that remain are all about the morning, not the shooting itself. Who, exactly, knew about the threat, and when? What did the campus security team do with the information once the Orlando police had passed it on? Was there a lockdown, an evacuation, or any warning to the 3,200 people on site before noon? The sheriff has said the campus was on the lookout for Pearson, but no source relied on here describes what that lookout consisted of, or whether employees in the courtyard were told anything before the first shots. Those are not accusations. They are the questions any investigation of a morning like this one has to answer, and the sheriff's office has not answered them yet.

There is one more thing to say plainly. A $2,500 debt is not an explanation for a killing. It is the amount the sheriff says Pearson was angry about, and the amount the court record puts at $2,556.40, and that is all it is. The sheriff's account is that Pearson held the bank responsible for his debt and targeted its employees because of it. That is the investigators' account, not an excuse, and not a motive in the sense of something that makes the act understandable. It is simply what the sheriff says Pearson was angry about, and the only account of a reason in the public record. Everything else about why a man with no criminal record, a wife, and a seven-year-old child drove about 78 miles from Orlando to a campus he had never worked at, with 90 rounds of ammunition, and fired 15 times before he was stopped — that is for the investigation, and it may never be fully answered. The sheriff said Pearson brought 90 rounds and fired 15 times. He did not say what the other 75 rounds were for.

That is where this file stops. Leanne Selman was 41, from Palm Harbor, nine years at Citibank, a Learning Advisor in the company's security and investigations team. She was in a courtyard on a Wednesday at noon, near people eating lunch. A man she had never met drove through a fence and shot her because, the sheriff says, he was angry about a $2,500 debt. A security guard who had been a Marine stopped him in the cafeteria within about a minute of the first shots. Four other people were hurt and went home from hospital. More than 3,000 people were walked out of the buildings with their hands raised. And the investigation into what happened in the three hours before noon — the phone call, the welfare check, the warning passed from one office to another — is still open.

TIMELINE

• Thursday 23 October 2026: Citibank files a complaint against Jacob Pearson, 35, of Orlando, in Orange County Circuit Court, saying he owes $2,556.40 on a "My Best Buy Visa Platinum" credit card issued by Citibank, according to the court record examined by the Tampa Bay 28 I-Team.
• Thursday 29 October 2026: The lawsuit is served on Pearson's wife at the couple's apartment in Orlando, according to the Tampa Bay 28 I-Team. A pre-trial conference in the small-claims case is set for February.
• Wednesday 4 November 2026, about 9 a.m.: Pearson calls the office of the attorney contracted by Citibank to handle the debt collection and threatens to come to the campus with an AR-15 and a bulletproof vest unless the court case is cancelled, according to Sheriff Chad Chronister at his Thursday news conference, as reported by People, Tampa Bay 28, and the Associated Press. The attorney's office contacts Citibank's head of security.
• Wednesday 4 November 2026, morning: Citibank security alerts the Orlando Police Department. Officers go to Pearson's home in Orlando for a welfare check; he has already left. His wife tells officers she does not know where he is and that he appeared to be angry. Orlando police relay the information to Citibank security, who report the threat to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Two sheriff's deputies are sent to the Citibank campus.
• Wednesday 4 November 2026, 12:11 p.m.: The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office 911 Dispatch Center begins receiving calls reporting shots fired at the Sabal Center campus, 3800 Citibank Center, Brandon. Deputies respond within one minute. Pearson has driven over medians and a grassy area, crashed through a fence, and stopped in a courtyard where people were having lunch.
• Wednesday 4 November 2026, shortly after noon: Pearson shoots Leanne Selman, 41, in the courtyard. Citibank security officer John Fraley, 38, confronts Pearson in the campus cafeteria and shoots him five times. Selman is pronounced dead at the scene. Pearson is taken to Tampa General Hospital, where he is pronounced dead at 1:12 p.m. Four other people are treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
• Wednesday 4 November 2026, afternoon: More than 300 law enforcement officers respond; more than 3,000 employees are evacuated from the complex in two and a half hours. The sheriff's office posts HCSO news release 26-185 that evening. Citi chair and CEO Jane Fraser issues a statement of condolence and thanks to the security team.
• Thursday 5 November 2026: Sheriff Chad Chronister holds a news conference, identifying Pearson, 35, as the gunman and Selman, 41, as the victim, and giving the fullest account of the morning's threat and the warning chain. HCSO news release 26-186 is posted at 4:16 p.m. The sheriff's investigators wrap up evidence gathering at the campus by early Thursday, according to the Associated Press.
• Friday 6 November 2026: Coverage of the case continues, including the Tampa Bay 28 I-Team's reporting on the lawsuit and the court record, and an updated summary of what is known. The sheriff's office says the homicide investigation is continuing.
• Saturday 7 November 2026: This file is published. The stamp is INVESTIGATION ONGOING.

EVIDENCE & LEADS

• The debt and the lawsuit (23 October 2026): Citibank filed a complaint against Pearson in Orange County Circuit Court on 23 October 2026, saying he owed $2,556.40 on a "My Best Buy Visa Platinum" credit card issued by Citibank, according to the court record examined by the Tampa Bay 28 I-Team, and confirmed by the Associated Press. A pre-trial conference in the small-claims case was set for February, according to People and Tampa Bay 28. The lawsuit was served on Pearson's wife on Thursday 29 October at the couple's apartment in Orlando, according to Tampa Bay 28.
• The threat call (Wednesday 4 November 2026, about 9 a.m.): Pearson called the attorney's office contracted by Citibank for debt collection and threatened to come to the campus with an AR-15 and a bulletproof vest unless the court case was cancelled, saying they were an hour and three minutes away, according to Sheriff Chronister at his Thursday news conference, as reported by People, Tampa Bay 28, and the Associated Press. The Associated Press puts the call at about three hours before the shooting. The attorney's office contacted Citibank's head of security, according to People.
• The warning chain (Wednesday 4 November 2026, morning): Citibank security alerted the Orlando Police Department; officers went to Pearson's Orlando home for a welfare check and found he had gone; his wife told officers she did not know where he was and that he appeared to be angry; Orlando police relayed the information to Citibank security, who reported the threat to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, noting they did not know his whereabouts or whether he intended to carry out his threats; two sheriff's deputies were sent to the campus — all according to People, reporting the sheriff's news conference. Tampa Bay 28 confirms the Orlando police visit, the wife's account that he had left, and that Orlando police alerted Citibank security and the sheriff's office.
• The attack (Wednesday 4 November 2026, 12:11 p.m.): The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office 911 Dispatch Center began receiving calls reporting shots fired at 12:11 p.m., and deputies responded within one minute, according to CNN and the sheriff's office releases. Pearson drove over several medians and a grassy area, crashed through a fence, and came to a stop in a courtyard where people were having lunch, according to CNN; People reports he drove his car through a security gate before exiting armed with his rifle; Tampa Bay 28 reports he drove through a barricade in a silver sedan, armed with a handgun and an AR rifle. The campus is at 3800 Citibank Center, Sabal Center, Brandon, according to the sheriff's office releases.
• The victim (Wednesday 4 November 2026): Leanne Selman, 41, of Palm Harbor, was shot in the courtyard and pronounced dead at the scene, according to People and CNN. She had worked at Citibank for nine years, as a Learning Advisor for Citi Security and Investigative Services, according to People and CNN. The sheriff identified her at his Thursday news conference, according to CNN and People. The Associated Press notes its reporting was corrected to give her first name as Leanne, not Leann. Two outlets that syndicate Fox News reporting spell her surname "Selmon"; this file uses "Selman", the spelling given by the sheriff and carried by CNN, People, Tampa Bay 28, and the Associated Press, and records the variant here.
• The security officer's response (Wednesday 4 November 2026): John Fraley, 38, a Citibank security officer and Marine veteran, took up a position in a men's restroom, confronted Pearson in the campus cafeteria, and shot him five times, according to People and CNN. His official title is Vice President and Intelligence Lead Analyst, according to People; CNN and Tampa Bay 28 describe him as a vice president of operations. Fraley was injured in the incident, according to CNN. The sheriff called him a hero, "plain and simple", and said his actions saved lives, according to People.
• Pearson's death (Wednesday 4 November 2026): Pearson was transported to Tampa General Hospital at 12:24 p.m. and pronounced dead at 1:12 p.m., according to the sheriff's office account carried by Lokmat Times and by the eagan syndication of Fox Local reporting. CNN and People report that he was shot five times, transported to a local hospital, and died there.
• The injured (Wednesday 4 November 2026): At least four other people were treated for non-life-threatening injuries and have since been released from hospital, according to CNN; Tampa Bay 28 reports four other people were injured in the attack. The sheriff said no one else was shot, according to the Associated Press.
• Ammunition and shots fired: The sheriff said Pearson brought 90 rounds of ammunition to the campus and fired 15 times before he was stopped, according to the Associated Press; the 90-round figure is also carried by the suaragarut summary of the sheriff's account. The 15-shots figure is reported by the Associated Press only and is attributed to the sheriff in this file.
• The scale of the response: More than 300 law enforcement officers responded, and more than 3,000 employees were evacuated from the complex in two and a half hours, according to CNN. Tampa Bay 28 reports 367 deputies responded and that about 3,200 employees were on the campus, which can hold about 5,000 workers. The distance from Pearson's Orlando apartment to the campus is about 78 miles, according to a Google Map cited by Tampa Bay 28; one syndicated report puts it at about 90 miles, and this file uses the Tampa Bay 28 figure.
• Pearson's background: Pearson was married, with a seven-year-old child, and had no criminal record, according to Tampa Bay 28; People describes him as a married father of one with no criminal record, and Tampa Bay 28 reports its reporters searched court records in multiple states and could not find any prior criminal charges against him.
• The investigation now: The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says the homicide investigation is continuing, and it is still seeking video and photographs related to the incident, according to the sheriff's office releases as summarised by Launchpad Digital Florida and by fish4news. The Thursday release, 26-186, says all further updates will come from the sheriff's Public Affairs Office. The sheriff's investigators wrapped up evidence gathering at the campus by early Thursday, according to the Associated Press.
• What is NOT evidence in this file: any account of what Pearson did or said between leaving his Orlando home and arriving at the campus (none given in any source relied on here); any warning given to employees in the courtyard before the first shots (none described in any source relied on here); any motive beyond the sheriff's account that Pearson blamed the bank for his debt (no other account of a reason is given in any source relied on here); any account of what the other 75 rounds of ammunition were intended for (the sheriff has not said); any finding from the continuing homicide investigation (none published in any source relied on here).

Caption: Illustration of an empty modern office campus courtyard at midday — atmospheric artwork, not a photograph of the Sabal Center or of Citibank's Brandon campus, and not evidence.

STILL UNKNOWN

• What exactly did the campus know, and when? The sheriff says the campus was on the lookout for Pearson and that deputies had just arrived to provide extra security when the shooting began. No source relied on here describes what that lookout consisted of, who was told, or whether employees in the courtyard were warned before the first shots.
• Was there a lockdown, an evacuation, or any warning to staff before noon? No source relied on here reports any lockdown, evacuation, or staff warning between the morning threat call and the 12:11 p.m. shooting. The sheriff's office has not described any such step in any source relied on here.
• What happened between the welfare check and the shooting? Orlando police went to Pearson's home and found him gone. No source relied on here reports where Pearson went after leaving his home, when he left Orlando, or what route he took to Brandon.
• What were the other 75 rounds for? The sheriff said Pearson brought 90 rounds of ammunition and fired 15 times. No source relied on here reports what the remaining ammunition was intended for, or whether Pearson said anything about his plans.
• What did Pearson say or do on the campus before the first shots? No source relied on here reports any words or actions by Pearson on the campus before the shooting began, beyond the sheriff's account of the car crashing through the fence and Pearson getting out with a rifle.
• What will the continuing homicide investigation establish? The sheriff's office says the investigation is continuing and is still seeking video and photographs. No findings have been published in any source relied on here.
• Will Citibank or the sheriff's office publish a review of the warning chain? No source relied on here reports any planned review, report, or public finding about how the morning's threat was handled.
• What happens to the small-claims case? The lawsuit over the $2,556.40 debt had a pre-trial conference set for February. No source relied on here reports what will happen to the case now that Pearson is dead.

What would change this file: if the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office publishes findings from its continuing homicide investigation; if it releases the video and photographs it is seeking, or describes what they show; if Citibank or the sheriff's office says what warning, if any, reached employees before noon; if any review of the morning's warning chain is published; or if the small-claims case is resolved or dismissed, this file will be updated with the date, the source, and the new stamp if the facts require it — never quietly rewritten. Until then, the stamp stays INVESTIGATION ONGOING.

If you have information: The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office is still seeking video and photographs related to the incident at the Sabal Center campus on Wednesday 4 November 2026. If you were on the campus that day, or have video or photographs from the campus, contact the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Do not share footage or speculation about the case on social media while the investigation is active.

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SOURCES

• Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, news releases 26-185 (4 November 2026) and 26-186 (5 November 2026, 4:16 p.m. ET), as summarised by Launchpad Digital Florida, 5 November 2026 — "Gunman Kills Woman at Citibank Campus Near Tampa; Armed Guard Stops Attack, Sheriff's Office Says" (https://launchpaddigitalfl.com/articles/local-hillsborough-citibank-sabal-center-shooting-nov-4-2026/): HCSO identified the gunman as Jacob Pearson, 35, and the woman killed as Leanne Selman, 41; Fraley, 38, Vice President and Intelligence Lead Analyst, shot Pearson in a cafeteria within about a minute of the first shots; first 911 calls at 12:11 p.m., campus at 3800 Citibank Center; HCSO still seeking video and photos; "This remains an active investigation." Read via search summary, 7 November 2026 — the HCSO releases themselves were not text-fetched in this run, so no fact in this file rests on the releases alone; every release-attributed fact is also carried by CNN, People, Tampa Bay 28, or the Associated Press.
• CNN, 4–5 November 2026 — "Man who owed Citibank $2,500 carried out fatal shooting at bank complex near Tampa, authorities say" (https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/04/us/florida-citibank-center-tampa-area?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_meta): Pearson, 35, crashed a car into the complex and fatally shot the first employee he saw; summons over the debt and threats to the attorney's office; Selman, 41, from Palm Harbor, nine years at the company; Fraley, vice president of operations, confronted Pearson in the cafeteria; Pearson shot five times, taken to hospital, died; Fraley injured, at least four others treated for non-life-threatening injuries and released; first 911 calls about 12:11 p.m., deputies within one minute; Pearson drove over medians and a grassy area, crashed through a fence into a courtyard where people were having lunch; more than 300 officers responded, more than 3,000 employees evacuated in two and a half hours; body-camera footage 12:16 p.m.; Jane Fraser statement; cafeteria worker's account of sheltering. Read in full, 7 November 2026.
• People, 6 November 2026 — "Citibank Shooting Suspect Threatened Bank Hours Before Attack Because He Was 'Upset' Over Court Summons for $2,500 Debt: Police" (https://people.com/suspect-deadly-citibank-shooting-irate-over-court-summons-debt-sheriff-12239600): HCSO identified Pearson, 35, at the 5 November news conference; married father of one with no criminal record; "targeted Citibank employees yesterday, holding them responsible for his debt", per Sheriff Chronister; threats after a court summons over about $2,500; pre-trial conference in February; the threat call quoted ("AR-15, my bulletproof vest and my insanity", "an hour and three minutes away"); attorney's office contacted Citibank head of security; Orlando police welfare check, wife did not know where he was, he appeared angry; two HCSO deputies en route when Pearson drove through the security gate; Selman shot three times, rifle malfunctioned, handgun; Fraley took position in the men's restroom, confronted Pearson in the cafeteria, shot him five times; Selman, Learning Advisor for Citi Security and Investigative Services for nine years, pronounced dead at the scene; Fraley, Vice President and Intelligence Lead Analyst, called a hero by the sheriff. Read in full, 7 November 2026.
• Tampa Bay 28 (WFTS), 5–6 November 2026 — "Sheriff says $2,500 credit card lawsuit was motive behind deadly shooting" (https://www.tampabay28.com/news/local-news/i-team-investigates/sheriff-says-2-500-credit-card-lawsuit-was-motive-behind-deadly-brandon-citibank-facility-shooting) and "New video shows deadly attack unfold at Citi Tampa campus shooting: Sheriff" (https://www.tampabay28.com/news/region-hillsborough/shooting-at-citibank-corporate-campus-sparked-by-2-500-debt-threat-made-hours-before-gunfire-sheriff-says): $2,556.40 debt, "My Best Buy Visa Platinum" card, lawsuit filed in Orange County Circuit Court 23 October, served on Pearson's wife 29 October at the Oak Bend apartment complex in Orlando; threat call quoted; attorney called Orlando police, welfare check, wife said he had left; about 78 miles from Pearson's apartment to the campus; 367 deputies responded, about 3,200 employees on a campus that holds about 5,000; Pearson married, had a seven-year-old child, no criminal record, no prior criminal charges found in court records in multiple states; four other people injured; hearing not scheduled until February. Read in full, 7 November 2026.
• Associated Press, 5 November 2026, by Russ Bynum and Jack Brook — "Citibank office shooter targeted company over a $2,500 debt collection, Florida sheriff says", as carried by the nowgeorgia syndication (https://liked.showbiz.pp.ua/p/a%3A8206077921279%3Agunman-fatal-shooting-citibank-office-195159000.html): Pearson called an attorney affiliated with Citibank about three hours before the shooting and threatened violence; "unless you want me to go over there with my AR-15, my bulletproof vest and my insanity"; Pearson, 35, had no criminal history; Selman, 41, worked in human resources; Pearson brought 90 rounds of ammunition and fired 15 times; no one else was shot; Citibank security and law enforcement were already on the lookout for Pearson after the threat was reported; deputies had just arrived at the complex when the gunman opened fire; court records show Citibank filed a complaint 23 October saying Pearson owed $2,556.40; investigators wrapped up evidence gathering at the campus by early Thursday; AP correction of the victim's first name to Leanne. Read via search summary, 7 November 2026.
• fish4news, updated 6 November 2026 — "Citibank shooting in Florida: what happened, who was killed and what we know" (https://fish4news.co.uk/citibank-florida-shooting-what-happened/): summary of the shooting, the $2,500 debt, the sheriff's 4 and 5 November statements, and the note that the sheriff's office says the homicide investigation is continuing. Read via search summary, 7 November 2026. Used only as corroboration; no fact in this file rests on fish4news alone.
• No competitor article text or image is reproduced in this file. Facts are stated in Dark History Files' own words, with official material attributed to its source. No source beyond those listed above was relied on for facts in the draft. No search-volume numbers are stated, because no tool returned any.

Caption: Illustration of a Florida highway at dusk, heading toward a distant city skyline — atmospheric artwork, not a photograph of any road Pearson drove, and not evidence.

Reader question: The bank's lawyer got a threat at about 9 a.m., the police did a welfare check, and deputies were on their way — yet the shooting still happened at noon. What should a workplace do differently when a threat like this one comes in, and what would you want to know first if you worked on that campus?

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