Gunman kills two at Florida yoga studio

Two women were killed when a gunman fired a pistol in a Florida yoga studio, before class members fought back and the attacker killed himself, police said yesterday. Nancy Van Vessem, 61, and Maura Binkley, 21, were shot and killed on Friday when Scott Beierle, 40, opened fire at the Hot Yoga studio at a shopping centre in Florida’s capital, Tallahassee, the city’s police department said. Four others were injured in the shooting, along with a man who was pistol whipped by the shooter, police said. “There were indications that several people not only fought back but tried to save other people,” police chief Michael DeLeo said.