'Several down' after shooting, hostage situation at SunTrust bank in Sebring, Florida, reports say
Source: Sun-Sentinel
Jeff Weiner
Orlando Sentinel
JANUARY 23, 2019 3:40 PM
An armed man who fired shots inside a Sebring, Florida, SunTrust Bank branch — which reportedly left multiple people injured — has surrendered after a standoff, authorities said.
According to an alert by the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office, deputies and Sebring police responded to the bank on U.S. Highway 27 about 12:30 p.m. after a person called the agency’s dispatch and reported he had fired shots inside the bank.
The Highlands County Sheriff’s Office said there would be a press conference at 4:30 p.m. at the sheriff’s office in Sebring.
Meanwhile, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has also commented on the shooting, tweeting that he spoke to Highlands County Sheriff Paul Blackman and Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Rick Swearingen about the “tragic shooting.”
Read more: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/fl-ne-sebring-suntrust-incident-20190123-story.html
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Zephen Xaver: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
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Zephen Xaver has been identified as the suspect in the SunTrust Bank shooting in Sebring, Florida, that left five dead.
Zephen Xaver has been identified as the suspect accused of opening fire inside a bank in Sebring, Florida, killing at least five people before barricading himself inside the building and eventually surrendering to a SWAT team, authorities say. Xaver was taken into custody about 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday after police responded to an active shooter call about 12:30 p.m.
Few details about Xaver and the shooting have been released so far. The incident occurred at the SunTrust Bank branch at 1901 US 27 South in Sebring, the Highlands County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies responded to the shooting along with the Sebring Police Department.
Police swarmed the bank and surrounded the building, shutting down the road in the area just after noon on January 23. At least two schools in the neighborhood were put on lockdown as a precaution. There were reports of a hostage situation inside the bank, but police did not immediately confirm if the suspect was holding anyone inside the building before he came out and was taken into custody. It is also not known if anyone was injured along with those who were killed.
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Zephen Xaver’s Facebook page reveals few details about him. Xaver “likes” the page of far-right activist Milo Yiannopoulos along with a page dedicated to memes featuring conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
More:
https://heavy.com/news/2019/01/zephen-xaver/
when I lived in Sebring- briefly - in 2002-2004. Let me add that Sebring FL is the place where I saw my first John Birch Society billboard, ever! I didn't even know they existed anymore. Definitely a right-wing, low intelligence area. They made me the president of the local Democratic Party headquarters after my first meeting there. There aren't very many Democrats in that area. They were desperate, I guess. 
Admitting you're a Democrat can be dangerous in Highlands County.
simply exercising his 2A rights while banking, and then others who should have known better started intimidating him, right?
