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Clay Duke
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Clay Allen Duke (January 18, 1954 - December 14, 2010) was the perpetrator of an armed attack on a school board meeting in Panama City, Florida on December 14, 2010. Duke fired at six board members and missed them all, until he was shot and wounded by the school districts chief of security, Mike Jones; shortly afterward, Duke shot himself in the head. Notably, much of the episode and its immediate aftermath were recorded by local television news stations WMBB and WJHG-TV. The video was subsequently uploaded to video sharing sites, including YouTube. Motivation Duke was reportedly unhappy with the school board for terminating his wife's teaching job in the Panama City district. In addition, Duke felt the half-cent sales tax was unfair because it hurt lower-income families more than the wealthy. Prior to the shooting, Duke spray-painted a red circle with a 'V' inside it-- an allusion to the movie V for Vendetta. |
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