Citi shooting in Tampa’s Sabal Park area thrusts hundreds into terror – Tampa Bay Times

Citi shooting in Tampa’s Sabal Park area thrusts hundreds into terror  Tampa Bay Times

Adara Evans and some co-workers were having lunch in an outdoor courtyard on the sprawling Citibank Center campus in Brandon on Wednesday when she heard a loud bang. A gray car came crashing through a fence, plowing into tables.Evans ran.She headed into a nearby building while thinking of her sister, who does the same job as a fellow analyst for the banking giant.“I just thought to myself, ‘I have to find my sister to make sure she’s OK,’” said Evans, 22.As she fled, Evans heard gunshots.Evans was among some 3,200 employees on the campus in the Sabal Park business complex shortly after noon when a man drove through a fence and into an outdoor patio, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.The suspect got out of the car and shot a woman, killing her, Chief Deputy Frank Losat said in a news conference.

He then entered a cafeteria, where he exchanged fire with a Citi security guard, Losat said.The guard shot the suspect, who died at Tampa General Hospital.Losat said four other people were hurt. He didn’t have more information about their injuries or conditions. Investigators were working to confirm the identity of the suspect and notify the family of the woman who was killed. The sheriff’s office called the shooting a “targeted” incident, but Losat said detectives were working