VIDEO: armed man invades US bank headquarters and is restrained by security; a woman died

A heavily armed man broke into a Citibank office complex in Tampa, Florida, southern United States, on Wednesday (4) and local police released images from their officers' body cameras and surveillance of the location this Friday (6).

The video, presented by the sheriff at a press conference, begins with the man, identified as Jacob Pearson, tearing down the security fence with his vehicle to enter the location.

Then, hiding the moment in which he attacks employees, the images show Pearson entering the building with a rifle and walking down a corridor until he is shot by a security guard who was hiding, waiting to try to stop him.

He was shot five times and was pronounced dead at the hospital.

During the action, the shooter killed a woman: Leanne Selman was 41 years old and had worked in the company's Human Resources Department for nine years.

To the press, the sheriff stated that there was "no connection" between Selman and his killer, and that he had no criminal record.

"He was there for one purpose: to hunt and kill any human being he came across," said Chad Chronister, revealing that the man shot the first person he saw.

Debt motivated invasion

According to Chronister, a debt of US$2,500 - equivalent to around R$13,700 - was the reason for the attack.

Approximately three hours before the shooting, the man contacted a lawyer affiliated with Citibank and threatened violence. On the phone, he demanded that his lawyer cancel a court hearing regarding his unpaid credit card debt.

"Unless you want me to go over there with my AR-15, my bulletproof vest and my insanity," he was quoted as saying by the sheriff.

The attack occurred while many of the 3,200 employees were eating lunch. Pearson drove from his home in Orlando to Tampa, about 90 miles away.

The violence could have been much worse, the sheriff said, revealing that the shooter took 90 rounds of ammunition to the complex but fired only 15 times before being detained.