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Zephen Xaver's attack did not appear to be part of a robbery, and he had no apparent connection to the SunTrust branch or the four employees and one customer who were killed, police said.
There was also no evidence that Wednesday's attack was planned, although a former girlfriend said Xaver often talked of killing people.
"We believe it was a random act," Sebring Police Chief Karl Hoglund said Thursday at a news conference. "Aside from perhaps driving by and seeing it was a bank, we have no known evidence that he targeted this bank for any particular reason."
https://1010wins.radio.com/articles/ap-news/police-say-florida-bank-attack-killed-5-was-random-act
struggle4progress
(118,356 posts)A gunman who took over a SunTrust Bank branch in Florida apparently made the five women inside lie down on the lobby floor before shooting them in the backs of their heads, police said on Thursday ...
The shootings were not a shock to Alex Gerlach, who identified herself as Xavers former girlfriend. She said hes long been fascinated with the idea of killing, but no one took her warnings about him seriously ...
He got kicked out of school for having a dream that he killed everybody in his class, and hes been threatening this for so long, and hes been having dreams about it and everything, she said.
Every single person Ive told has not taken it seriously, and its very unfortunate that it had to come to this ...
https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/florida-gunmans-exgirlfriend-claims-her-warnings-that-he-hated-people-were-ignored/news-story/86aba9b188187d5bbd81169f5ad0b012
struggle4progress
(118,356 posts)PLYMOUTH, Ind. (WNDU) ... The man did not want to be identified but said Xaver revealed to him that he had dreams of killing classmates and even cannibalism.
"He didn't like people at all. Clearly, he just wanted everyone to go away," the man said.
He said he met Zephen at a behavioral facility in Plymouth when they were children, and he knew him for a short time before leaving the facility himself.
He remembered Zephen as "very volatile and obsessed" with dangerous fantasies. One of those thoughts included Zephen going out on the street and stabbing the first person he saw ...
https://www.wndu.com/content/news/He-didnt-like-people-at-all-Man-who-knew-Florida-shooting-suspect-Zephen-Xaver--504874311.html
struggle4progress
(118,356 posts)Posted: Fri 5:56 AM, Jan 25, 2019 | Updated: Fri 6:41 PM, Jan 25, 2019
... officers were called to Bremen High School to talk to Xaver in 2014. He was 16 at the time. School administrators informed police after Xaver said he had a dream about killing other students inside a classroom.
Xaver's mother was asked to transport him to a mental health facility.
Documents also reveal an incident in 2017. A girl called Michigan State Police after Xaver messaged her talking about suicide by cop and taking hostages.
The documents also list other interactions with mental health facilities ...
https://www.wndu.com/content/news/Records-reveal-2014-police-call-ab-504853262.html
malaise
(269,186 posts)That simple