School chief who tried to calm Fla. school board shooter in and #8216;surreal and #8217; ordeal says faith helped

Published December 17, 2010 | By Bman

School chief who tried to calm Fla. school board shooter in and #8216;surreal and #8217; ordeal says faith helped
ASSOCIATED PRESS PANAMA CITY, Fla. — An ex-convict calmly held a school board at gunpoint, complaining about taxes and his wife being fired before shooting at close range as the superintendent begged, “Please don’t.” Minutes earlier, the room had been filled with students accepting awards, but no one was hurt except the gunman, who shot himself Tuesday after exchanging fire with a security guard …
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School shooter ‘pushed over the edge’
The wife of the man who held a Florida school board at gunpoint said her husband was a gentle giant who was pushed over the edge by the economy and frustrated over her losing her teaching job.
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