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Man Charged With Murder After Allegedly Killing 5 Women At SunTrust Bank In Florida

Zephen Allen Xaver, 21, has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder after allegedly killing five women inside a bank in Sebring, Fla., on Wednesday.
Five women were found lying facedown in the lobby of a SunTrust bank in Sebring, Fla., with gunshot wounds to their heads and backs, according to a police report.

Updated at 2:17 p.m. ET

A 21-year-old man has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder after police say he opened fire inside a Sebring, Fla., bank on Wednesday afternoon and killed five women.

"Zephen Allen Xaver knowingly and intentionally took the lives of five of our fellow community members," Sebring police Chief Karl Hoglund said at a Thursday . Fighting back tears, he said the town was mourning the loss

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