2018 Tallahassee shooting
| 2018 Tallahassee shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | Hot Yoga Tallahassee 1950 Thomasville Rd Tallahassee, Florida, United States |
| Coordinates | 30°28′02″N 84°16′08″W / 30.4672°N 84.2690°W |
| Date | November 2, 2018 5:37 p.m. (UTC−04:00) |
| Target | Women |
Attack type | Mass shooting, murder–suicide, femicide |
| Weapons | 9mm Glock 17 Gen 5 semi-automatic pistol |
| Deaths | 3 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 5 (4 by gunfire, 1 by pistol-whipping) |
| Perpetrator | Scott Paul Beierle |
| Motive | Misogyny, revenge for sexual and social rejection |
On November 2, 2018, a mass shooting occurred at Tallahassee Hot Yoga, a yoga studio located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. The gunman, identified as Scott Paul Beierle, shot six women, two of them fatally, and pistol-whipped a man before killing himself.
Criminal investigators attested to the attacker's hatred of women. The US Secret Service and International Centre for Counter-Terrorism consider the attack an act of misogynist terrorism.