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Florida State University alumnus and attorney who shot three people at the
school’s library early Thursday believed the government was targeting him for
persecution, detailing his thoughts in a journal and in videos detectives
obtained, authorities said.
Officers
fatally shot Myron May, 31, during an exchange outside the library at about
12.30am. May reloaded at least once and tried to enter the library, where 300
or more students were studying for midterm exams, but was blocked by lobby
security barriers that permit only students and staff inside, Tallahassee
police chief Michael DeLeo said.
The
shooting sent students scrambling for cover in the book aisles and barricading
themselves in with desks amid screams from classmates.
“I
ran for my life,” said Allison Kope, a freshman from Cocoa Beach, who was on
the library’s first floor. “I ran right out the backdoor. My laptop and
everything is still in there. It was shock. It was just instinct. You don’t
think about anything else, you just go.”
“The police investigation will answer many of
the questions we are asking today, but just like any tragedy the ultimate
question of why, we’ll never have an answer that satisfies those whose loved
ones have been injured,” Scott said.
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