佛州Brandon花旗银行园区枪击:男子驾车闯入开枪打死一女子,枪手被武装保安击毙

11月4日中午,美国佛罗里达州Hillsborough县Brandon的花旗银行园区(Citibank Center)发生枪击事件:一名男子驾车冲破园区围栏、闯入户外用餐区,持步枪打死一名女子,另有四人受伤;枪手随后被园区武装保安击中,送医后不治身亡。希尔斯伯勒县警长办公室(Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office,HCSO)表示,初步信息显示这是一起有针对性的袭击,作案动机仍在调查中。
据警长办公室首席副警长 Frank Losat 在记者会上介绍,美东时间12时11分,警方接到多通报警电话,称园区广场传出枪声。枪手驾车撞穿园区带围栏的门禁区域,冲进员工正在吃午饭的户外区域,下车后持步枪走向一名女子并开枪,女子中枪身亡。
12时15分,一名花旗银行武装保安在园区餐厅内与枪手交火,枪手被击中,随后被送往 Tampa General Hospital,院方宣布其死亡。Losat 表示,该保安的处置制止了枪手继续行凶。
另有四名伤者被送往当地医院救治,均无生命危险。事发时园区内约有3,200名花旗银行员工,整个园区由四栋三层办公楼组成。枪击发生后,员工被疏散,特警队员对各栋大楼逐层逐室清查;警长办公室共出动367名警员处置,并表示事件对公众已无进一步威胁。
警长 Chad Chronister 表示,初步信息显示这是一起有针对性的袭击。Losat 说,遇害女子与枪手的身份均尚未公布,目前尚不清楚两人是否相识,动机仍在调查;警长办公室正继续询问目击者,并呼吁持有现场视频的公众将视频提交警方协助调查。
花旗集团发表声明称,已知悉其位于 Tampa 的园区发生事件,正在与执法部门配合。
Gunman Drives Into Florida Citibank Campus and Opens Fire, Killing a Woman Before Guard Shoots Him Dead
A gunman drove through a fence and opened fire at the Citibank Center campus in Brandon, Hillsborough County, Florida, at midday on November 4, killing one woman and wounding four other people before an armed security guard shot him; the suspect was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) said preliminary information indicates the attack was targeted, and the motive remains under investigation.
Chief Deputy Frank Losat told reporters that at 12:11 p.m. ET, deputies received multiple 911 calls reporting shots fired in the campus plaza. The suspect crashed his vehicle through a gated area of the campus into an outdoor area where employees were eating lunch, then got out with a rifle, approached a woman and shot her. The woman died of her injuries.
At 12:15 p.m., an armed Citibank security guard confronted the suspect inside the campus cafeteria and the two exchanged gunfire. The suspect was shot and taken to Tampa General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Losat credited the guard with stopping the threat.
Four other people were taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. About 3,200 Citibank employees were on site when the shooting began; the campus consists of four three-story office buildings. Employees were evacuated while SWAT deputies cleared the buildings room by room. The sheriff's office said 367 deputies responded, and that there was no longer a threat to the public.
Sheriff Chad Chronister said preliminary information indicates this was a targeted incident. Losat said the identities of the woman killed and of the suspect have not been released, and it is not yet known whether the two knew each other. Deputies are continuing to interview witnesses, and the sheriff's office is asking anyone with video of the incident to submit it to investigators.
Citigroup said in a statement that it was aware of an incident at its Tampa site and was coordinating with law enforcement.
来源:希尔斯伯勒县警长办公室
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