Two dead after shooting at Citibank office complex near Tampa

Gunfire was reported on November 4 at a Citibank office complex near Tampa, Florida. The New York Post placed the incident at the Citibank Center in Brandon, outside Tampa.

Early Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office scanner traffic described a victim wounded and bleeding in the cafeteria, according to the New York Post. That account offered an initial picture of the scene, rather than a final casualty count.

Video showed the gunman walking through a courtyard with a rifle before opening fire, The Independent reported in its November 4 coverage.

The Independent also reported that a security guard shot the gunman after he killed a woman at the complex. The supplied coverage does not give a precise time for that confrontation.

Reports on November 4 described one person killed and the suspect also dead. Times now attributed confirmation of the fatal shooting to Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister. AP News subsequently reported the total as two dead, including the suspect.

Chronister said on social media that preliminary information suggested a targeted incident, according to ABC Top Stories. That assessment was explicitly preliminary.

The reported death toll is two, including the suspected shooter, according to AP News. The references to one person killed and a dead suspect describe the same total, not three deaths.

The account of a security guard shooting the gunman comes from The Independent. The sheriff's preliminary description, reported by ABC Top Stories, does not establish a motive or explain why the victim was attacked.

The main unresolved questions are the motive, any connection between the gunman and the victim, and the detailed sequence of the confrontation with security. Further information would also be needed to explain the basis for the sheriff's preliminary assessment that the incident was targeted.