Newly released body camera video shows the frantic response as Hillsborough County deputies entered a Citibank campus in Tampa, Florida, after a deadly shooting Wednesday. As officers searched for the gunman, one announced over the radio, “Shooter is down.”
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office released edited bodycam footage and 911 calls documenting the law enforcement response at the Sabal Center in Tampa. A woman was killed in the attack, while the suspected gunman was fatally wounded by an armed security guard.
Authorities said the suspect drove through a fence at the Sabal Park Office Development, crashed into an outdoor seating area and shot a woman before firing inside the building’s cafeteria.
As deputies arrived at the sprawling business campus, the footage captures one officer asking bystanders to describe the suspect.
Newly released body camera footage shows Hillsborough County deputies responding to a deadly shooting at a Citibank campus in Tampa, Florida, on Wednesday. (The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office)
The deputy then reports that a vehicle had crashed onto the property and that the suspect was inside the cafeteria.
“Shooter is down,” an officer says later in the video. Deputies are then seen leading people out of the building.
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The 911 recordings include a caller reporting gunfire at Citibank while authorities coordinate their response and discuss entering the building.
The sheriff’s office said dispatchers began receiving reports of shots fired at 12:11 p.m. Deputies arrived approximately one minute later.
The sheriff’s office said dispatchers began receiving reports of shots fired at 12:11 p.m. Deputies arrived approximately one minute later.
Authorities credited an armed Citibank security guard with confronting the suspect and shooting him during an exchange of gunfire. The gunman was later pronounced dead at Tampa General Hospital.
Newly released body camera footage shows deputies escorting people from a Citibank building after a deadly shooting at the Tampa-area campus. (Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office)
The sheriff’s office said more than 3,200 people were on the campus when the shooting occurred. More than 400 law enforcement personnel responded, including 367 sheriff’s deputies.
“Thanks to the brave actions by the security team on-site and more than 365 deputies, this unhinged suspect was stopped before he could harm anyone else,” Sheriff Chad Chronister said in a statement.