Wednesday’s Tampa Citibank shooter was taken out by a security guard who is a former U.S. Marine and a current member of Citibank’s security team.
Breitbart News reported the shooting, noting that Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister described it as a “targeted attack.”
One innocent was killed and the shooter was killed.
🚨 WOW! While everyone else ran away yesterday, a Marine Corps veteran security officer at a Citibank office in Florida ran STRAIGHT toward the gunshots and TOOK DOWN the would-be mass shooter right there
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) November 5, 2026
"This is going to end right NOW"
The Marine, John Fraley, took a tactical… pic.twitter.com/vgc7FmRL09
The Marine veteran was able to hit the suspect with five rounds, ending the attack.
WFLA published surveillance video showing the Marine veteran taking his tactical position:
"THIS IS OUR HERO": Surveillance video shows the moment a "hero" security guard shot the gunman who killed a woman at Citibank plaza in Tampa on Wednesday. Sheriff Chad Chronister said the security guard, John Fraley, is a Marine Corp veteran.https://t.co/Br2nW6HjYK pic.twitter.com/XQLndJtVdY
— WFLA NEWS (@WFLA) November 5, 2026
The New York Post noted that the shooter rammed his car “through a fenced-in area” in order to make entry onto the Citibank campus.
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