Yoga Studio Killer Was Fired for Touching Teenage Girl

Yoga Studio Killer Was Fired for Touching Teenage Girl
This undated photo provided by Leon County Sheriff’s Office shows Scott Paul Beierle. Leon County Sheriff’s Office via AP
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—The man who shot and killed two women at a yoga studio was fired from his job as a substitute teacher for inappropriately touching a middle school girl, a Florida school district said.

Paul Scott Beierle, 40, posed as a customer during a yoga class Nov. 2, then began shooting, authorities said. A 61-year-old faculty member at Florida State University and a 21-year-old FSU student from Georgia were killed. Five others were injured. Beierle then killed himself.