Florida shooter 鈥榝antasized鈥 about killing
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A MAN accused of fatally shooting five people inside a Florida bank branch has long been fascinated with the idea of killing, but people who could have done something about it didn鈥檛 take his threats seriously, a woman who identified herself as his former girlfriend told a television station.
Zephen Xaver, 21, 鈥渇or some reason always hated people and wanted everybody to die,鈥 Alex Gerlach told WSBT-TV in South Bend, Indiana, shortly after Wednesday鈥檚 massacre in Sebring. 鈥淗e got kicked out of school for having a dream that he killed everybody in his class, and he鈥檚 been threatening this for so long, and he鈥檚 been having dreams about it and everything.鈥
鈥淓very single person I鈥檝e told has not taken it seriously, and it鈥檚 very unfortunate that it had to come to this.鈥
Gerlach told The Washington Post that Xaver said he bought a gun last week and 鈥渘o one thought anything of it鈥 because he had always liked guns.
Public records and neighbors say Xaver and his mother moved to Sebring in the fall from Plymouth, Indiana, a small city south of South Bend.
Investigators said Xaver called police from inside the SunTrust Bank Wednesday, saying 鈥淚 have shot five people.鈥 Then he barricaded himself inside and when negotiations failed, the SWAT team burst in, capturing Xaver.
Investigators have not offered a possible motive.
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