Police have identified the 21-year-old gunman suspected of killing at least five people when he opened fire inside a Florida bank on Wednesday afternoon
Zephen Xaver allegedly called 911 to report that he'd fired shots withing the SunTrust Bank branch in Sebring just after 12
30pm. After a standoff with officers, Xaver eventually surrendered to SWAT members and was placed under arrest
Video shows him being perp-walked in handcuffs through the parking lot to a police vehicle
Police have not yet determined a motive in the 'senseless murders', but Florida Governor Ron DeSantis promised swift justice for the victims, whose names are being withheld pending family notification
Authorities say Xaver was a correctional officer trainee hired by the Avon Park Correctional Institution in November, but he resigned on January 9 without an explanation
'We are sorry to learn that we have at least five victims, people who were senselessly murdered as a result of his act in this bank,' Sebring Police Chief Karl Hoglund said at a press conference Wednesday evening
'This has been a tragic day for our community. We've suffered a significant loss at the hands of a senseless criminal doing a senseless crime
'We ask that you please keep them in your prayers, keep them in your thoughts,' he said if the victims' loved ones
'Help Sebring and our community stay strong.' The sheriff's office asked co-workers and family members of anyone who was inside the bank during the shooting should gather at the Inn on the Lakes on Gulfview Road
Hoglund declined to answer questions from reporters but promised to brief the media on emerging details Thursday morning
An FBI mobile unit has joined the investigation. Share this article Share Gov Ron DeSantis also spoke during the press conference, saying: 'The people of Florida stand with the community here in light of this tragic circumstance
'I've asked [Florida Department of Law Enforcement] to provide whatever resources we can at the state level to assist with the investigation
'Obviously this is an individual that needs to face very swift and exacting justice,' he said of Xaver
This was Florida's seventh mass shooting in less than three years. SunTrust CEO and Chairman Bill Rogers said in a statement: 'We are deeply saddened by the tragic shooting at our Sebring, Florida branch this afternoon
We are working with law enforcement officials and dedicating ourselves to supporting the people and families impacted by this horrible and senseless tragedy
Our entire team mourns this terrible loss.' Dozens of law enforcement and media vehicles flocked to the scene as a standoff unfolded during lunchtime on Wednesday
'After negotiations to try to get the barricaded subject to exit the bank were not successful, the HCSO SWAT team entered the bank and continued the negotiations,' the Sebring police said
'The suspect eventually surrendered to the HCSO SWAT team.'A witness on the scene, Stefan Roehrig, told WFLA: 'At first [SWAT] hooked some cables up to it [bank door], tried to rip the doors off
The door handles came right off. Then they just drove the SWAT machine right through the door
' Xaver's motive has not yet been determined. He is seen above in a Facebook photoRoehrig, who said police 'slammed [the suspect] pretty good' before escorting him outside the bank, recorded cellphone video of Xaver being taken into custody
'He was young, very young,' Roehrig said. According to state officials, Xaver began working at Avon Park Correctional Institution near the Avon Park Air Force Range on November 28
Agency spokesperson Patrick Manderfield said the 21-year-old had no discipline during the six weeks he was employed by the department
Manderfield said no explanation was given for his resignation. Avon Park Correctional is a state-run institution and thus its workers would not have been affected by the government shutdown
Social media pages believed to belong to the suspect are sparse bearing only a couple photos of Xaver himself along with a few of the Grim Reaper, a symbol of death
According to one of his pages, Xaver had recently moved to Sebring from Bremen, Indiana
Police have only confirmed his name, age and that he lived in Sebring.
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