Rambling gunman dead after opening fire at Florida school meeting

The man fired at the superintendent and 'very deliberately pointed the gun at other board members,' an official says.

Vivian Kuo
CNN

(CNN) - A live video feed captured a horrifying confrontation between school officials and an armed gunman who opened fire during a school board meeting in Panama City, Florida, Tuesday. The gunman was wounded and subsequently took his own life, authorities said.

The suspect, identified as Clay Duke, 56, of Bay County, Florida, spray-painted a wall and then opened fire on the superintendent and school board members during the meeting, authorities said.

The gunman apparently missed each person he fired on, even though he was at close range, said Lee Stafford, director of student services of Bay District Schools.

The chief of security for the school board shot and wounded the man, who then fatally shot himself, said Ruth Corley, a spokeswoman for the Bay County Sheriff's Office.

The harrowing incident was captured by a live internal feed of the afternoon school board meeting.

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