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fleur-de-lisa

(14,629 posts) Wed Jan 23, 2019, 03:43 PM Jan 2019

UPDATE: 5 shot dead at Sun Trust bank in Sebring, Florida.

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Shimon Prokupecz ✔ @ShimonPro (CNN)

Highlands County Commissioner Don Elwell tells CNN that multiple people have been shot in a "hostage situation" at a Sun Trust bank in Sebring, Florida.

1:38 PM - Jan 23, 2019

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UPDATE: 5 shot dead at Sun Trust bank in Sebring, Florida. (Original Post) fleur-de-lisa Jan 2019 OP

Man has surrendered; no reports of deaths yet muriel_volestrangler Jan 2019 #1

My daughters apartment is next door to this place. Separation Jan 2019 #2

OMG! How frightening. So glad she is okay. fleur-de-lisa Jan 2019 #3

She is. Separation Jan 2019 #4

muriel_volestrangler

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1. Man has surrendered; no reports of deaths yet

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Wed Jan 23, 2019, 04:40 PM

Jan 2019

Multiple people have been shot in a hostage situation at a SunTrust Bank in Sebring, Florida, according to Highlands County Commissioner Don Elwell.

Elwell confirmed there were injuries in the incident. It was unclear if those injured were bank employees or customers inside the bank during the incident.
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The incident began when a male subject called police at 12:36 p.m. and said he had fired shots inside the bank, according to police. Sebring Police and Highlands County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the scene, according to police.

Initial negotiations to try to get the barricaded subject to exit the bank were not successful, so SWAT team entered the bank and continued negotiations. The suspect eventually surrendered to the SWAT team, police said.

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/23/us/sebring-florida-bank-incident/index.html