Gunman Opens Fire on Florida School Board Meeting Before Killing Himself

This is horrible, and especially personal in some sense, as I'm sometimes in nearly identical situations at work (formal meetings, public events, etc.).

See, "Florida Gunman Blames 'Wealthy' in Facebook Message." And, "Video Captures Man Confronting School Board Before Shooting":

With news cameras rolling, a 56-year-old gunman entered a school board meeting in Florida on Tuesday and took several members of the board hostage, then fatally shot himself during a shootout with a security guard.

The episode was captured on video and broadcast on WMBB.com News 13 in Panama City, which ran several clips of the incident, including one in which the gunman fires a shot at a board member.

One extended clip shows the man, identified as Clay A. Duke, calmly walk up to a podium at the front of the room with a pistol after painting a mysterious red encircled “V” on the wall.

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