Shooter kills two, injures five, and kills himself at the yoga studio

TALLAHASSEE, Florida – What was supposed to be a daily ritual of socialization, dinners and exercises in an upscale shopping mall located a few miles from the Florida Capitol has turned into a chaotic scene after that. An armed man killed two people and wounded five others a yoga studio before killing himself.

Fortahbadee police reported that 40-year-old Scott Paul Beierle killed six people and badped another pistol after entering the yoga studio on the second floor of the small mall. Tallahbadee Police Chief Michael DeLeo said some in the studio were brave and were trying to stop him.

Witnesses at the mall told how people in the studio, including one who was bleeding, fled in search of shelter in nearby bars and restaurants when shots were fired. bursts.

The police reacted in a few minutes, but by that time, Beirele had shot himself in the throat, leaving the police looking for a motive and a community that was wondering what had motivated the violence. near the fashionable downtown neighborhoods.

"You do not think about that in Tallahbadee and now you have to do it," said She Welling, who saw at least three people carrying ambulances as she was coming out of an alcohol store on the other side from the street.

The two murdered Friday were a student and a faculty member at Florida State University, according to university officials. The department identified them as Dr. Nancy Van Vessem, 61, and Maura Binkley, 21. Police said two other victims were in stable condition and three others had been released from the hospital.

Van Vessem was an internist who also served as Chief Medical Officer of Capital Health Plan, the region's leading maintenance organization.

"Losing one of our students and a member of our faculty in this tragic and violent way is devastating for the Florida State University family. We deeply feel this loss and extend our deepest condolences to the loved ones of Maura and Nancy as we pray for the recovery of the wounded, "said former US President John Thrasher in a statement.

The police said Beierle had acted alone but was still searching for the reason for the shooting. During a press briefing late at night, DeLeo refused to say what kind of weapon the shooter had.

The court records show that he had already been arrested for seizing women.

Beierle was charged with battery in 2016 by police after slapping and grabbed the buttock of a woman in the pool of an apartment complex. The records show that the charges were eventually dropped after Beierle had met the terms of a prosecution agreement.

Beierle was also charged with battery in 2012 for seizing women's bad in a refectory on the Florida State University campus. A police report from the FSU indicates that Beierle told the police that he may have accidentally hit someone, but denied having taken anybody.

The place where the shooting was held houses popular restaurants, a jewelry store, a carpentry shop, a hairdresser and other shops.

Erskin Wesson, 64, said he was having dinner with his family at a restaurant located under the yoga studio when they heard the shots above them.

"We just heard pow, pow, pow, pow," said Wesson. "It looked like a limb falling on a tin roof and rolling."

The restaurant owner came shortly after, asking if anyone was a doctor, said Wesson. Her daughter-in-law is an emergency nurse and has helped paramedics for about an hour, he said.

Melissa Hutchinson said that she had helped to treat a man "bleeding profusely" who had rushed to a bar after the incident. She said that three people from the studio arrived and that they were told that there was an active shooter.

"It was a shocking moment, something happened like that," Hutchinson said.

The people who entered were injured, including the bleeding man who was badped while trying to stop the gunman. They told him that the shooter kept coming in and out of the studio. When he loaded his gun, people started beating the windows of the studio to warn them.

Governor Rick Scott and Tallahbadee Mayor Andrew Gillum, the Democratic nominee for the governorship, broke away from the election campaign to return to Tallahbadee. Scott and Gillum both visited gunfire victims, including a victim of nine bullets. Gillum said the two women met "were in a good mood". Gillum also congratulated Scott, a Republican candidate in the US Senate, for "his care and consideration" during his meeting with the victims.

Gillum asked residents to pray for the survivors and those who were killed.

"We all feel more vulnerable" because of the shooting, the mayor said.

Both candidates resumed their schedule on Saturday. Scott is expected to join President Donald Trump for a campaign rally on Saturday night.

Tallahbadee's crime rate was a problem in the governor's race. Gillum's opponent, former Republican Republican Ron DeSantis, called the city of Florida the most populous city of crime – an inaccurate statement.