Myron May has been identified as the gunman who shot three people at Florida State University early Thursday before being shot dead by police.
A law enforcement official identified Myron, who graduated from the school.
After graduating, Myron graduated from Texas Tech University’s law school, according to his Facebook. He also at one point attended the Gulf Coast State College.
He was living in Wewahitchka, Florida where he worked as an in-house legal counsel at the Taunton Family Children’s Home.
“This is a home for children who have no other place to go due to various circumstances. Kids are taken in and raised as part of the Taunton Family. It is completely non-profit and the founders David and Abby do not accept any government support,” the home says in its description.
May was fatally shot early Thursday after he shot three people at the Florida State library. Two are hospitalized and one has been released.
Abigail Taunton, who runs the foster home, said that May had recently been staying at a guest house she owns. She said police interviewed her husband, David, after the shooting.
“He’s just a boy our kids grew up with that we let stay in one of our guest houses for a while,” she said. “He’s moving back home from Texas and we were trying to help him get on his feet. It’s horrifying.”
Records show May was licensed to practice law in Texas and New Mexico. Taunton said he was planning to take the Florida bar exam in February.
“We’re just all astounded. We had no idea that he would do something like this,” Taunton said. “Obviously, he was not in his right mind.”
