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Gunman in Cincinnati bank shooting that killed 3 identified as 29-year-old Ohio resident
[ABC] Authorities have identified the gunman who allegedly killed three people and wounded two others at a bank in downtown Cincinnati as a 29-year-old Ohio resident.Omar Perez, 29, acted alone when he opened fire at the headquarters for the Fifth Third Bank near the Fountain Square, Cincinnati Police Chief Eliot Isaac said in a press conference Thursday afternoon. Officers responded to a 911 call around 9:10 a.m. local time about an "active shooter" at the bank, Isaac said. Perez. of Northbend, Ohio, is not a former or current employee of the bank, Isaac said. It is unclear how he got to Fountain Square, but he entered multiple businesses before going to the bank, according to the police chief. The suspect had opened fire in the building's loading dock before continuing into the lobby area and firing more shots, Isaac told reporters at a press conference Thursday morning.
Police said they believe Santa Perez has been in Cincinnati since at least 2015. Santa Perez's family was shocked at his actions. A former colleague remembers a quiet worker who never showed anger. His neighbors saw a man that was becoming increasingly bitter after struggling to keep a job. Santa Perez is a U.S. citizen born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, family members said. Yudy Martinez Perez broke down crying on the kitchen floor of her Forest Park home Thursday afternoon when she learned that her nephew was the shooter who took three lives at the Fifth Third Center. Santa Perez, 29, used to live in the basement of his aunt's house. Martinez said she was his godmother; her sister is Santa Perez's mother. Social media indicates he may have attended Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, but school officials could not be reached to confirm this. Records show he lived all over the country. There's a trail of activity in South Carolina, Florida and Ohio. He most recently lived in North Bend locally.
“He was very quiet,” said Martinez, who speaks only limited English. “I do not know why. I do not know why.” His record is a smattering of low-level offenses: entering or refusing to leave the premises in Greenville, South Carolina; marijuana possession in Palm Beach, Florida; traffic offenses in Lake Worth, Florida; traffic offenses in Deerfield Beach, Florida; disorderly conduct in Coconut Creek, Florida. He also has a traffic violation in Cincinnati in 2015 for driving with an expired license plate. In North Bend, police searched an apartment complex where Santa Perez reportedly lived. Santa Perez also has hopped from job to job. Records show he's been let go from companies at least twice. Santa Perez filed a lawsuit in 2017 against CNBC Universal Media LLC and TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., alleging that the companies uncovered his identity and published private details about his life after extensive investigation of his personal devices. On June 25, 2018, Federal Magistrate Karen Litkovitz in her recommendation to dismiss the case wrote that Santa Perez's allegations were "rambling, difficult to decipher and borders on delusional." Several residents here gave similar accounts of their interactions with Santa Perez, describing an increasingly bitter and reclusive man. He moved in about six months ago, according to Steve Conner, but never returned Conner’s pleasantries. Conner often saw Perez “walking down the street, looking pissed off at everybody.” Christina Fischer, another resident at the apartment building, said Perez rarely talked to anyone. “He kind of would hide when you’d come up the stairs,” Fischer said. “He didn’t want anybody near him.” Multiple residents said Perez’s green Subaru had broken down months ago, and he’d occasionally make a three-mile trek on foot into the nearby village of Addyston, where there’s a bus stop into Cincinnati. Posted by: Besoeker 2018-09-07 |
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