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Florida: Self-Proclaimed Misogynist Kills 2, Injures 5 in Tallahassee

HeadlineNov 05, 2018

In Florida, a far-right extremist and self-proclaimed misogynist shot and killed two women at a Tallahassee yoga studio Friday, injuring five others, three of them critically—one of them shot nine times—before the gunman turned his weapon on himself. Forty-year-old Scott Beierle had a long criminal history of attacking women, black people and immigrants via online videos and songs and had previously been investigated for harassing women and arrested at least twice, once on allegations of battery against women.

The victims of Friday’s shooting were both from Florida State University: 21-year-old student Maura Binkley and 61-year-old medical doctor and faculty member Nancy Van Vessem. Maura Binkley traveled to the Florida State Capitol, in the wake of the Parkland massacre in February to lobby lawmakers with Parkland survivors and their families.

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