Caught on tape: Man opens fire at school board meeting, shoots self

[Small Town Guy]

Some guy, upset about his wife being fired, brings out a gun at a school board meeting in Florida. He draws a big V with a circle, like in V for Vendetta. Then starts shooting, but only after one board member tries subduing him with a purse. Also, the superintendent confronts the guy, telling him why he's wrong about his argument. Ballsy. The gunman thankfully misses everyone, then kills himself after a guard engages in a shootout. Ugh. And thank you for CNN giving us a slow-motion view of the shooting.

http://tv.gawker.com/5713614/florida-school-board-shooting-caught-on-tape#viewcomments

 

[RickStain]

That ish is 600 kinds of scary.

 

[Stitch]

There was one district that I covered where I worried about that happening. And there weren't any armed guards or police within miles.

 

[User 1019]

Wow. Dude's a terrible shot, thankfully.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Writes about himself in the past tense on his Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/people/Clay-Duke/100001890028704#!/profile.php?id=100001890028704

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

Wow. Dude's a terrible shot, thankfully.

Seconded.

 

[Mr. X]

I was shocked that so much of the shooting was shown on television. I don't think a man firing a shot at someone would have been shown a few years ago.

 

[zagoshe]

OK, someone has to.....

"You only write about us when some whacknut with a glock and a mullet shoots at our school board members......"

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

Writes about himself in the past tense on his Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/people/Clay-Duke/100001890028704#!/profile.php?id=100001890028704

Fascinating. Seems like he had enough of the oligarchy. Makes no sense to go after the school board though. Maybe he would have better served his creed by popping a cap into a banker.

Lots of V for Vendetta and Guy Fawkes references on his FB.

 

[DanOregon]

http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/article/102499/Its-Scary-Out-There-in-Reporting-Land.aspx

 

[JackReacher]

That ish is 600 kinds of scary.

I'm pulling a Moddy here....

What is "ish"?

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

This prolly stating the obvious but ... the guy had issues.
He had a criminal record and a past history of thuis kind of thing. In 1999 I think he confronted a girlfriend armed with two pistols, threatening to kill her. She fled and he shot out the tires.

At that close range, I wonder if he missed them on purpose? Thankfully, he was the only one killed.

 

[Small Town Guy]

I was shocked that so much of the shooting was shown on television. I don't think a man firing a shot at someone would have been shown a few years ago.

The only thing missing from CNN's report was a telestrator.

 

[Dick Whitman]

At that close range, I wonder if he missed them on purpose?

I think he did. He had the purse lady dead to rights, and didn't pull the trigger.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Am I the only one who isn't surprised this happened in Florida.

Carl Hiassen was right. :D

Glad the innocent people are OK and the guilty person is not.

 

[terrier]

Hey man, nice shot.

 

[poindexter]

I was shocked that so much of the shooting was shown on television. I don't think a man firing a shot at someone would have been shown a few years ago.

That **** is shown on tv every day. Movies, billboards, video games.

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

How about the woman who crept up from behind and tried to smack the gun away? (Major cojones) You would figure a couple of the other guys would have jumped in at that point. Good thing no one else was injured.

 

[Starman]

I was shocked that so much of the shooting was shown on television. I don't think a man firing a shot at someone would have been shown a few years ago.

The only thing missing from CNN's report was a telestrator.

FOX Frantic Fascist Noise would have been proud of the CNN packaging, with the ransom-note typography in the background and the hushed-and-yet-still-frantic heavy-breathing commentary.

All that was missing was a big-boobed blonde bimbo anchorslut batting her big baby blues at the camera snootily wondering if this is what this countree is coming to.

And the answer is, yes, it is.

 

[Ace]

Couple thought:

1. Some brave people on the school board. The folks there should be proud.

2. I don't think the guy really wanted to shoot anyone. His actions and body language showed otherwise.

3. This is why folks are scared of some Tea Party types, at the end he's arguing over friggin school taxes. That worth killing or dying over?