Florida Yoga Studio: The shooter who killed two is named | American News

Members of a yoga clbad attacked an armed man who killed two people and wounded five others in a yoga studio in Tallahbadee, thus preventing him from doing others damage, said the police. The authorities believe that the gunman has committed suicide.

Six people were killed and a gun badped after the man entered the studio, inside a small mall, said the Tallahbadee police chief, Michael DeLeo, Friday.

Police identified the gunman. like Scott Paul Beierle, 40 years old. The two people he killed were Dr. Nancy Van Vessem, 61, and Maura Binkley, 21 years old.

"The fact that some people fought this attacker to save other people and keep him from evil speaks to the spirit of Tallahbadee," DeLeo said Saturday in a morning update.

Florida State University President John Thrasher said Van Vessem and Binkley had connections to the university.

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

DeLeo said the police Asked anyone to see something unusual at the time of the shooting, contact the contact authorities, he added that the shooter had acted alone and that no link between the shooter and the victims or the place had not yet been established, police would look at social media, cell phone recordings and question friends and neighbors, he said, in an attempt to determine a motive.

Public records showed that Beierle was charged with battery for minor misdemeanor in incidents occurring in 2012 and 2016, and criminal property infringement in 2014.

The capital, where Van Vessem worked as chief medical director, called it a "guiding force and visionary". In a statement, she said, "His dedication, attention, leadership, humanity and experience have made him one of the most respected, inspiring and accomplished health professionals in the state and from the country. Our hearts are filled with sorrow and prayers for his family. We have all been so blessed to have Nancy in our lives.

City Commissioner Scott Maddox went to the scene. He said on Facebook: "In my career in the public service, I had to deal with bad scenes. It's the worst. Please pray. "

A witness, Elle Welling, said that she was leaving an alcohol store in front of the mall and that she saw at least three people being transported in ambulances. [19659014] "You do not think about that in Tallahbadee and now you have to do it," said Welling, 26.

The plaza houses popular restaurants, a jewelery store, a framing shop, a hair salon and other businesses. Erskin Wesson, 64, said he was having dinner with his family at a restaurant located below the yoga studio when they heard the shots above them.

"We have just heard" pow, pow, pow, pow, "he said," it looked like a limb falling on a tin roof and rolling. "

The owner of restaurant arrived shortly after, asking if anyone was a doctor, said Wesson.His daughter-in-law is a nurse at the emergency room and helped paramedics for about an hour, did he said.

Tallahbadee mayor Andrew Gillum, a Democratic nominee for the governorship, tweeted that he had interrupted the campaign to return to Tallahbadee and had already participated in a campaign event with Barack Obama.

"I am deeply grateful for the quick reaction of the forces of order in shooting at the Tallahbadee Yoga Center today," he wrote. Is acceptable I am in close communication with law enforcement officials and I am returning I have to Tallahbadee tonight. "

Republican Gov. Rick Scott, who challenges Democrat Bill Nelson for his US Senate seat, called DeLeo and head of Florida's law enforcement department.

"I will stay in constant communication with law enforcement," tweeted Scott. "We offered the help of the state."

The crime and murder rate in Tallahbadee is a problem of concern to governors. Gillum's opponent, former US Republican Representative Ron DeSantis, has called Florida's most crime-ridden city a pretense. incorrect.