Английская Википедия:2019 Sebring shooting

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On January 23, 2019, at around 12:30 pm, five women Шаблон:Ndash four employees and a customer Шаблон:Ndash were shot and killed at the SunTrust Bank in Sebring, Florida. After being named a suspect, 21-year-old Zephen Xaver turned himself in to police.[1] He initially pleaded not guilty to five murders.[2] On March 14, 2023, he pleaded guilty in the shooting.[3]

Shooting

At around 12:30 pm, a witness saw a man pacing back and forth inside the bank with five people lying side by side on the floor. Shots were later heard, and a man phoned the police at 12:36 pm ET,[4] and told responders that he had shot five people.[5] SWAT arrived, trying to negotiate to get the barricaded suspect to leave the bank. When those negotiations failed, members of the SWAT team entered the bank by ramming an armored vehicle through its glass front doors.[6] The suspect eventually surrendered.[7]

The lone survivor of the shooting was a bank employee who had been in the bank's break room just before the gunman walked in. The employee escaped out the back door when gunshots first rang out; after getting outside, he called 911.[4]

Victims

Five women were discovered by police, shot execution style in their heads and backs. They were identified as:

  • Debra Cook, age 54, employee
  • Marisol Lopez, 55, employee
  • Jessica Montague, 31, employee
  • Cynthia Watson, 65, customer
  • Ana Piñon-Williams, 37, employee

Perpetrator

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Xaver after his arrest

Zephen Allen Xaver, age 21[6] was identified as the perpetrator after surrendering to officers. He was identified as a former Florida Department of Corrections correctional officer trainee, with the Avon Park Correctional Institution near the Avon Park Air Force Range but resigned on January 9, 2019.[8]

Xaver was charged with five counts of capital murder and held by police without bond. He was appointed a public defender as he had no income or assets.[9] On February 22, he entered a plea of not guilty in the case. Prosecutors intended to seek the death penalty.[2] On March 14, 2023, he pleaded guilty in the shooting.[3]

See also

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