he shot at clay duke and then clay duke took his own life. this has become such a big story.nted to take a closer look at clay duke, who he was before he made that fateful decision to go inside that school board meeting. richard lui has been looking into exactly what duke was doing in the days before all of this happened. richard? >> chris, we're learning much more about clay duke. he led a very difficult life, as you were talking about today. he was an ex-con who filed for bankruptcy while he was in pr prison and while he was released he got psychiatric help and got medication. this year a judge then relieved duke of his probation obligations after duke told him he and his wife were out of wife. his wife talks here about duke's effort to bounce back. >> he had changed. he had been on medication. he had not been a problem to anyone. his records through prison and through his probation, through everything from being off. he was trying to make it, trying to get a second chance. >> and also trying to get $500 or $600 a month in medical insurance. duke suing the social security a

the shooter, clay duke's widow, did speak today. she said that the world and the economy got the better of her husband. >> couric: mark strassmann, an incredible and terrifying story. mark, thanks very much. turning to washington now, where the senate voted today to extend all the bush tax cuts, which are due to expire at the end of this year. the vote was 81-19, request 43 democrats, 37 republicans and one independent voting "aye." the house is expected to take up the bill tomorrow. it would also cut the social security payroll tax for one year and extend jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed. senate democrats, meanwhile, rolled out another bill today. this one provides more than $1 tritrillion to keep the governmt running and a few other things, like $400,000 to commemorate the 1959 visit of the nikita khrushchev to iowa. the money would be used to build the khrushchev in iowa trail for bikers and hikers. sharyl attkisson reports it's just one of $8 billion worth of earmarks in the bill. >> reporter: 'tis the season... >>

the monotony of the meeting was shattered when this man, 56-year-old clay duke, stead up with a simple declaration. >> i have a motion. >> reporter: with that, he walked to the wall and spray painted a red "v." the symbol for venndettavendetta. his wife was fired from her job as a special education teacher. and police believe the ex-con came to the school board to get revenge. >> everybody in this room, except the [ bleep ] behind the counter, hit the road. >> reporter: most people took his advice and left including the board's only female member ginger littleton. but she couldn't stay gone for long. >> they were lined up, ducks in a pond, fish in a barrel whatever you want to use. they were sitting there, he's a tall man, he was standing there over them and it was a matter of, you know, one, two, three, four, five and they were gone. i mean, it was point blank. >> reporter: so, ginger snuck back into the room and this time, she, too was armed. with her purse. you're home free you're safe. why make the decision to turn back around? >> once i go there's nobody in there watching these gu

. >> his wife describes clay duke as a gentle giant, who was pushed over the edge by the bad economy.band did not mean to hurt anyone but himself. ryan owens has more details, now, from panama city. >> reporter: police say the man who shattered that school board meeting was a 56-year-old ex-con with a grudge. clay duke was angry the board has fired his wife, a special ed teacher, earlier this year. >> he loved me. he loved his family. and he was just trying to have keep stop, as he would say, dump on me. >> reporter: on clay duke's body, they found something even more disturbing. >> he had another box of ammo. and i believe that box of ammo was full and would contain 50 rounds. >> reporter: while others went to safety, board member ginger littleton snuck back in. and tried to knock the gun out of duke's hand with her purse. >> i have three, wonderful daughters. and they said, mom, are you just stupid? what were you thinking? >> reporter: her act of bravery was the only one. the superintendent, bill husfelt, calmly negotiated with duke. trying to get the other board members to leave. >

played into how that come about. >> reporter: an attorney who once represented him says 11 years ago clay duke stalked a former wife with an ak-47 rifle, a silencer, mask and bullet-proof vest. even firing a shot at her car. he says duke was diagnose the as bipolar, that he was a survivalalist let go from a navy job for making threatening remarks. further more at the time he says duke was stuck on the idea that the year 2000 was going to signal some sort of cataclysm. nonetheless, duke agreed to a plea deal, spent the better part of five years in prison and came off parole just last february. when he entered the school board meeting, police say he was carrying a 9 millimeter pistol. the only fact he revealed, he said his wife had been fired by the schools. >> we have clarified this morning that in fact she had been employed as a teacher by the school board and within the last year her employment had been terminated. >> reporter: it's not clear why but she says she is now broke and suggests the couple's difficulties may have pushed her husband over the edge. >> he had changed. he'd been on medi

his wife describes clay duke as a gentle giant who was pushed over the brink by the bad economy. >> rebeccauke also claims her husband did not mean to kill anyone but himself. >> reporter: police say the man whohattered the monotony of that school board meeting was a 56-year-old ex-con with a grudge. clay duke was angry the board had fired his wife, a special ed teacher, earlier this year. >> he loved me. he loved his family. and he was just trying to have people stop, as he would say, dump on me. >> reporter: on clay duke's body they found something even more disturbing. >> he had another box of ammo, and i believe that box of ammo was full and contained 50 rounds. >> reporter: the potential for bloodshed was overwhelming. minutes before duke started firing, the room was full of students receiving awards. suddenly he walked in, spray painted a red "v" on the wall, and began waving a 9 millimeter handgun. he warned everyone to leave, except for the men on the school board. >> everybody in this room can [ bleep ]. hit the road. >> reporter: while others scrambled to safety, board member ging

, florida, turned into a horrifying scene, want to warn you again, it is disturbing. 56-year-old clay dukehis name, brandishing a gun, ordered everybody but six male board members out of the room and amazingly none of the members got hit. duke was wounded by a security guard and then killed himself. after duke ordered everyone out but the six men, board member ginger littleton came back in, tried to knock the gun out of his hand with her purse. take a look. >> go ahead. >> who's your wife? >> no, no, ginger. >> what could ginger have been thinking, incredibly brave. today she told the story. >> that's pretty much what was going through my mind. i was concerned about my guys. they were lined up like ducks in a row. he was already basically standing on the same level with them. i knew something bad was going to happen. that was my only option was to see if i could at least divert him or somehow or other detain until somebody got there to help us. because my guys had three ring binders and pencils for protection and that was all. my thought was that plan a had failed and i didn't have a plan

example last week there was a school a school board shooting in florida and a guy by the name of clay duke went into a school board meeting opened fire fortunately he didn't hurt anyone he ended up killing himself however that particular story received one day of news coverage not even one day i'm going to say half a day ok but if that were a muslim individual during that school shooting we would still be hearing about it today there's absolutely no question about it and you know i think that the reason why americans at this point are so interested in watching news about terrorism is because they're used to the fear mongering i think that there's this fear among americans about terrorist attacks and terrorism in the united states so anything that has to do with muslims or anything that has to do with terrorism immediately catches their attention but when it comes to you know situations like clay duke you know and the school shooting i think that they just kind of passed it off as a one time thing not a big deal and you know had clay duke been a muslim and not only would we have still been

as clay duke lays wounded, he puts the pistol to his head and he kills himself.an morning, the superintendent calls the ordeal surreal. >> he had already told us that he was going to die. he was prepared to die and we were going to die, as well. and so we knew -- i mean, you could tell by the look in his eyes that there was going to be some killing going on. and so he made up his mind. >> so today board members are praising the security officer as a hero. mike jones is a retired police officer and was unhurt. we want to tell you that the school district spring ten dent has scheduled a news reference for the bottom of the hour. just about 20 minutes. we'll bring you the very latest information released from that news conference. it will be interesting to hear. >>> okay, lady, here's a heart breaker for you. the hulk sister gst eventhulkse who you crashed the wedding? and the sexiest bachelor alive. details on the split. ♪ oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. ♪ [ male announcer ] you know her. we know diamonds. together we'll make her holiday. that's why only zales is the dia

clay duke didn't hit anyone when he opened fire last weekend in panama city. he was apartly upset about his wife losing her job with the schools. on the early show on cbs, duke's wife say s she thinks it was no accident that no one was hit. >> he honestly didn't want to hurt anybody. he just -- he wanted, you know, to scare them. >> a security guard shot and wounded duke after he started shooting. then duke turned his gun on himself. >> a disturbing situation outside the texas home of former president george w. bush. a driver crashed a car on to the homes front lawn yesterday. no one was injure. there is no damage to the house, and the secret service says that the bush's were never in danger. the driver who had been visiting a neighbor was questioned and then released. >> the forecast this morning, no rain fall to talk about. we like hearing that. partly cloudy conditions expected with some reports of fog. santa rosa reporting one-half mile of visibility. 43 to 50 around the bay and 43 to 57 along the coast with partly cloudy conditions. for afternoon a mix of

clay duke then took his own life. bill husfelt is the superintendent and ginger tried to disarm duke using her purse. and we've got that unbelievable video of you trying to knock the gun from his hand. but first of all, bill, i mean you look at this video. it's beyond shocking. what was it like to actually be there? >> it was surreal. we use that word together. i started using it last night and ginger was using it this morning. we're at a board meeting and we're talking about technology and headlights and the next thing we know this guy's got a gun in our face. and so, you know, there's nothing you can do to prepare or think that's coming. >> you talked with him very calmly and very reasonably. we want to play a little of that in just a second. but all through that, was it going through your mind that, oh, my god, we could all die here? >> he'd already told us that he was going to die. he was prepared to die, and we were going to die, as well. and so we -- we knew -- i mean, you could tell by the look in his eyes that

do and it was not going to end well. >> reporter: authorities now trying to determine what caused clay duke to go on a shooting spree which you will metly ended with his own -- ultimately ended with his own dealt. >>> a man gambled with his freedom when he ran into a casino and police say he he pulled out a gun at the bellagio craps table and demand casino chips. you can see from the video that he kept the motorcycle helmet on the entire time. police say the man got away with about a million and a half in chips and left on a motorcycle. they believe the man dob the -- to bees toably the same robber of a casino last week where he walked away with an undisclosed amount of cash. >>> okay. the next story we are serious, people. a mailman make headlines for making special deliversy. woman who reported him didn't want to be identified. she said she was work at a law office when the 52-year-old mailman made the first delivery. she mentioned to him she needed to go back to a post office to pick up some mail so kindly or so she thought the gentleman offered to do it and came back ten minutes late we

and he was just trying to have people stop, as he would say, dump on me. >> reporter: on clay duke's body they found something even more disturbing. >> he had another box of ammo and i believe that box was full and contained 50 rounds. >> reporter: the potential for bloodshed was overwhelming. minutes before duke started to fire, the room was full of students receiving awards. suddenly he walked in, spray painted a red v on the wall and began waving a nine millimeter handgun e warnedyone to leave except for the men on the school board. >> everybody in this room except you. [ beep ] behind counter hit road. >> reporter: others scrambled to safety, board member ginger littleton snuck back in and tried to knock the gun out of duke's hand with her purse. >> i have three wonderful daughters, and they said mom r. you just stupid. what were you thinking? >> reporter: her ring at of bravery was not the only one. the superintendent calmly negotiated with duke trying to get him to let other board members leave. >> here's dwhient want to happen. i don't want anybody -- listen to me for a minute

bill husfelt pleaded with the man who pulled out a gun during a school board meeting but the man, clay duke, refueled to back down. what happens next is disturbing to watch. >> please don't. please don't, please... [ gunfire ] >> reporter: despite shooting at point-blank range, duke missed his targets completely. >> he was going to do this. there was nothing we could have done to stop him. >> reporter: the 56-year-old kept shooting until a security guard wounded him. the suspect then turned the gun on himself. before he opened fire, duke let most people leave. ginger littleton, a board member, snuck back in and used her purse to try to knock the gun from duke's hand. it didn't work. >> these guys were sitting ducks. they were lined up like pigeons on a wire. and i couldn't leave them without trying to at least divert or somehow or other defuse the situation. >> reporter: duke pointed the gun at littleton, but didn't fire. >> anybody else injured? >> no. >> reporter: by the time s.w.a.t. team officers entered the room it was over. no one else was hurt. >> it was a tragedy. we're very thanful

amazingly no one was hurt except the gunman, clay duke. he died after shooting himself.ews cameras were rolling as they normally do during school board meetings. dukes stood up and spray painted a red circle and v and told everyone except six board members to get out. >> you may leave, you may leave. the women can leave. >> moments later a board member trying to knock the gun out of the mang's hand with a purse. >> ger, no. >> the superintendent recounted the terrifying ordeal. >> could you see in his eyes that he just had that look. you knew that he had something in mind and he was going to do it. >> authorities now trying to determine what caused clay duke to go on a shooting spree which ultimately ended with his own death. i'm andy rose reporting. >> it's a complicated treatment that doctors say has cured one man of aids. were researchers are not more optimistic. >> a bitter cold spell and farmers in the south worried about their crops. i'll have more on that story coming up. >> also the make or break vote today on a washington deal that will determine how much in tax

amazingly, no one was hurt except the gunman. 56-year-old clay duke. police say he died after shooting himself. in the moments leading up to the shooting, news cameras are rolling as they normally do duke stood up and spray painted a red circle and a v and told everyone except six board members to get out. >> you may leave. you may leave. you can leave. >> reporter: moments later's board member tried unsuccessfully to knock the gun out of duke's hand with her purse while board members yelled for her to stop. >> ginger. no. >> reporter: superintendent you heard trying to reason with duke recounted the terrifying ordeal. >> when he turned around with the gun you could see in his eyes that you know, he just had that look. you knew that he had something in mind he was going to do and it wouldn't end well. >> reporter: authorities now trying to determine what caused clay duke to go on a shooting spree which ultimately ended with his own death. andy rose, abc2 news. >> you can check guns and ammunition on flights and starting today, the same goes for amtrak

>> ok. >> and coming up on "fox & friends", we will discuss whether or not clay duke should have even had a gun in his possession. on president obama's agenda today, a meeting with union leaders at the white house. they're expected to focus on the new compromise. the economy and job creation. 12 unions including united steelworkers, american federation of teachers and united auto workers will send representatives to talk with the president and labor secretary. and those are your headlines. >> all right. 46 years ago out in california, a guy by the name of dennis ferguson was laid off from his job as an engineer for an airplane manufacturing company. there he is today. well, back then, he apparently drew the $1100 worth of unemployment benefits from the state of california. and he figured out that if he had to calculate what that money would be worth today, interest and everything, it would be about $10,000 so he wrote california a check for $10,000. because he took his benefits and he went back to school. he sees california is in this dire straits financially so he thought he'd write

and he was just trying to get people to stop, as he would say, dump on me. >> reporter: on clay duke's body, they found something even more disturbing. >> he had another box of ammo, and i believe that was full and contained 50 rounds. >> reporter: the potential for bloodshed was overwhelming. minutes before duke started firing, the room was full of students receiving awards. suddenly, he walked in, spray painted a red "v" on the wall and began waving a .9 millimeter handgun. he warned everyone to leave except for the men on the school world. board. >> everybody in this room, except for them [ bleep ] behind that counter, hit the road. >> reporter: while others scrambled to safety, board member ginger littleton actually snuck back in and tried to knock the gun out of duke's hand with her purse. >> i have three wonderful daughters, and they said, mom, are you just stupid? what were you thinking? >> reporter: her act of bravery wasn't the only one. the superintendent, bill husfelt, calmly negotiated with duke, trying to get him to let the other board members leave. >> here's what i don't

right in the build of the meeting, 56-year-old clay duke pulled out a handgun.rd member tried to stop him banging him on the head with her purse. the gunman opened fire but no one was hit. >>> time now 5:19. >>> san francisco dropped its controversial plan to impose a toll on drivers entering the city from the peninsula. the proposal would have charged drivers $6 each time they entered or left the city. now the supervisors want to charge drivers a fee for driving the downtown area. a congestion toll of $3 to go in and $3 to get out. >>> oakland is moving ahead in its effort to build a new baseball stadium for the oakland as. a city council committee voted yesterday to spend $750,000 for an environmental impact study. the entire council is set to vote on that next tuesday. the site for the proposed stadium is just south of jack london square. >>> the mayor of arlington, texas heading to san francisco today to settle his world series bet mayor newsom. since the giants beat the rangers, mayor robert cluck will help out as a junior giants -- at a junior giants game

clay duke shot himself after a security guard took him down.978, president carter announced the united states would formally recognize communist china and cut ties with taiwan. the u.s. intentionally refused to recognize the communist regime after the revolution in 1949. but american needed china for political and economic gain. many in congress are angry with carter's announcement with taiwan. carter insisted. passed a resolution to recognize the island once again. the cold war got a little warmer 31 years ago

he was that type of guy. >> clay duke killed himself after shooting at school board members. coming up at 11:30 eastern time we're expected to hear from the security guard for the time. the one being held as a hero after he confronted the gunman. >>> it is a treacherous commute across large swaths of the country. icy roads being blamed for five deaths in mississippi and alabama. road crews in alabama were out in force overnight, as well. this morning the warning there is simple but definitive. stay off the roads. in atlanta highways are closed and schools are shut down or delayed. icy conditions reportedly caused as many as 1,000 accidents around atlanta. nbc meteorologist bill karins joins us and what are we talking about here? major winter storm it looks like, another one. >> a fast-moving storm. kentucky last night ice storm and now heading into the cold air and mid-atlantic and areas that don't get a lot of snow are seeing it right now. it is starting in washington, d.c. the radar, everything in the white and the gray here snowflakes being picked up by the radar. c.d. we'

as the school board opened the floor for a public comment, a man later identified as a 6-year-old clay duke began spraypainting the wall with a circal and a big v after drawing a handgun, he ordered most people out of the room. >> you may leave, you may leave. the six men stay. everyone else leaves. >> reporter: one board member who left the room tried to intervene hitting the gunman with her purse. ji >> ginger, no. >> reporter: she left again and why he explained that his wife had been fired. board members repeatedly pressed him for details. >> please, just talk to us. if i can help you get your wife a job somewhere else, i'll be glad to do that. yes, sir. i'll be very honest with you, i swear, i don't know who your wife is or what she did. i don't. i don't want to die like anybody else doesn't. >> hey, i will go with you, i will stand up with you to get your wife a job. whatever it takes. >> reporter: off camera, the superintendent tried to get duke to let the others go. >> i'm the one that signed the paper, right? okay. i don't remember and i don't know who she is. but let them go. i'm

--el pistolero, identificado como "clay duke" de 56 años, empieza a lanzar acusaciones, pinta un extrañolo en una pared con aerosol para despues sacar una pistola con la que amenaza a los funcionarios educativos. --el sujeto deja escapara a las mujeres y a los ninos pero despues confronta a quienes presiden el encuentro. --despues de varios minutos acciona su arma. por suerte solo hace volar papeles. --de pronto un guardia de seguridad le dispara y lo derriba. el contraataca.--al final, el sujeto, que estaba inconforme con algunas decisiones de la junta escolar, se suicido. --una mujer fue acribillada a balazos mientras metia a su bebe a su camioneta en el estacionamiento de un centro comercial. --la mujer fallecio al instante y otras cinco personas resultaron heridas. --esta tragedia ocurrio al sur de sacramento minutos antes de la una de la tarde.--segun la policia, dos hombres que se encontraban en una peluqieria fueron atacados a balazos por otros dos sujetos. las presuntas victimas repelieron la agresion y se desato la gresca mortal. las autoridades informaron que el hijo de la vict

police are releasing the 911 call that they received as clay duke started shooting. >> somebody is downyou don't know who's down? >> we don't know. >> we'll have more of that call and also the stunning interview with rebecca duke, the gunman'sed with vo, straight ahead. >> first this morning, for millions of you, it is bitter cold out there as you head into work this morning. a relentless wintry system stretching into the southeast. frozen roads caused more than 1,000 accidents in and around atlanta last night. many streets were closed and remain closed. exit ramps were blocked. and in some cases drivers abandoned their cars and walked home. officials urging drivers to use caution because they say bridges and overpasses remain dangerous. >>> this cold weather system is pushing farther south into florida. and farmers are waging battle over freezing temperatures spf some of them using irrigation systems to try to coat plants with a thin layer of ice that actually protects them. in other cases they're using helicopters to try to push warmer air on to the crops. >> let's get the latest on t

clay duke, his name, wounded. took his own life. hours later, board members came out. they talked to reporters. again, one of them people that came out, ginger littleton. that was the woman with the purse. she was asked like so many of us, what in the world was going through her mind. >> i don't think anyone was going through my mind except for the fact these guys were sitting ducks. they were lined up like pigeons on a wire and i couldn't leave them without trying to divert or diffuse the situation or somehow buy some time until mike jones could get there to help us out. >> if you could have seen that gentleman's eyes, this was going to happen. we could have had this place like ft. knox and he would have shot us when we come out of the building. he was going to do this. there was nothing we could have done to stop him. >> again, the suspect, clay duke, his motive right now, still not clear. he claimed though that the school district had fired his wife. as for jones, the chief of security there, the man who shot the man, he was hospitalized with chest pains, but expect

friends and family say clay duke suffered from bipolar disorder and had a lot of anger bottled up insideularly upset that his wife had recently been fired from her job as a teacher. yesterday, rebecca duke defended her husband. >> i love my husband. he's really a gentle giant. he's actually -- he's tender and he's loving. and i'm sure that if any of y'all have gone from having something to having -- absolutely having nothing, and being poor, and not knowing where you have to get your next food. >> we are expecting to hear later from one of the heroes in that incident. school safety officer mike jones. he's the one that shot the gunman. he was treated for stress and later released from the hospital. he'll speak with reporters later this afternoon. >>> so were there any important survival lessons to be learned from those florida shootings? sharyn alfonsi spoke to an expert about what to do and what not to do in a situation like this. >> reporter: what should you do faced with a crazed gunman? we asked wally zines, expert hostage negotiator, to walk us through it step by step. >> everybody

yesterday just after 2:00 p.m., it was an ordinary school board, discussing head lights when the gunman, clay duke, 56 years old, began waving that gun around, a remarkable performance by some ordinary people faced with a life or death situation. on the one hand, duke said all women can leave the room, the one female school board member left the room, she came back and tried to knock the gun out of duke's hand, he held a gun to her head but did not kill her, another remarkable performance by the superintendent of schools, too, bill hutsfeld, he said i'm the one to signed the order, who signed the order for your wife being fired, let the other members go, hutsfeld said he was ready to -- thought he was going to die that day. here's the superintendent. >> the video, he's got the gun pointed right at me. i'm telling you, god blocked that bullet. you know, i'm not being flippant and i'm not a martyr, i'm telling you that you give me another reason, because he took two shots, right quick, right there. >> and the third remarkable player in this drama, a drama which was recorded on live television, and a

>> clay duke's attack startled everyone else. but he planned this.the date circled on his calendar. and once he held members of the bay district school board hostage, he ignored their pleas. >> i've got a lot with my wife and family. i don't need to die. >> ginger littleton, the only woman on the board snuck back inside and tried to disarm duke with her purse. [ screaming ] >> duke let her live, but no one could talk him down. >> please don't. please don't. please. [ gunshot ] >> i'm going to kill you. >> i'm not a pansy. but i will tell you, i was very afraid. i was scared to death. >> this is going to happen. he was going to do this. there was nothing we could have done to stop him. >> reporter: on wednesday, an emotional rebecca duke told reporters, she was hoping to give her husband, some good news. >> trying to fill out applications and trying to get in some interviews so that i could actually say, honey, guess what, i got a job. you know, everything is going to be okay. but, um -- evidently, i didn't get that chance. i love my husband. he's rea

. >> reporter: witnesses say a man identified as clay duke talked briefly with school board members about his wife's firing. >> we have no idea what you are lking about. >> she was fired. >> reporter: after spraying a painting on a nearby wall, duke took his gun and ordered women and children to leave and took those remaining hostage. a female school board member tried to knock the gun out of his hand with a purse. he knocked her to the ground. what you're about to see is disturbing. >> please don't, please n't, please. duke fired his weapon. and although nobody was injured by the initial gunshot, duke was confronted by a security guard. after reviewing video, police say duke exchanged gunfire with the guard and then killed himself. >> obviously, a number of rounds were extended and the gun that he had was real. he was not firing blanks. >> reporter: the school board superintendent says security meures for future meetings will be discussed. >> i mean, i've got employees in there that will never be the same again. >> reporter: a city on edge. an investigation is under way. kurt ggory, nbc

. >> it was a normal school board meeting until 56-year-old clay duke took the floor. he was upset because his wife, a teacher, had been fired. he's repaints a red v on the wall, apparently a reference to the movie "v for vendetta." >> everybody in this room [beep] >> the women and children scramble to leave. one school board member, ginger littleton, comes back into the room and hit him with her purse. >> i could not leave without trying to divert him. >> bill husfelt tried to convince them to let people go. >> will you let them go? or obviously upset with me. and as soon the gunman begins -- >> soon the gunman begins to fire his weapon at point-blank range. >> he had an extra magazine that was fully loaded in his back pocket. he had another box of ammo. >> incredibly, he misses every time. demagogue was standing in front of me. i believe that with all my heart -- >> god was standing in front of me. i believe that with all of my heart. >> he took his own life. he had previous record. in 2000, he was sentenced to four years in prison for stocking and shooting at his wi

he didn't actually kill clay duke, the shooter. he wound him. actually killed himself in the end but it's amazing to hear what jones was thinking. >>> let's get caught up on some of another stories we're following, susan hendricks joins us with the bulletin. >>> julian assange was freed on bail in london nine days after his arrest for questioning about alleged sex crimes in sweden. assange must report to police daily and wear an electronic tag to monitor his location. >>> and u.s. officials have been warned al qaeda officials may be planning suicide attacks during the christmas holiday season. they say the tip comes from captured insurgents. a u.s. official said the report is being taken seriously, but added there's no intelligence indicating a specific or credible threat. >>> police in new york have found the bodies of four women dumped near a beach in long island while searching for a missing woman but they still haven't found that woman, shannon gilbert. she was a pros ttitute arrangin to meet a client where the bodies were found. >>> and look

clay duke's attack startled everyone else but he planned this. police found the date circled on his home calendar. and once he held members of the bay district school board hostage, he ignored their pleas. >> i've a wife and family. i don't need to die. >> reporter: ginger littleton, the only woman on board snuck back inside and tried to disarm duke with her purse. duke let her live, but no one could talk him down. >> please don't. please don't. please. >> i'm not a pansy, but i will tell you i was very afraid . >> this is was going to happen. he was going to do. this there was nothing we could have done to stop him. >> wednesday an emotional rebecca duke told reporters she hoped to give her husband some good news. >> trying to fill out applications and trying to get -- and some interviews so that i could actually say, honey, guess what, i got a job, you know, everything's going to be okay. but, um, evident lg, i didn't get that chance. i love my husband, he's really a gentle giant. >> reporter: by the time he opened fire, missing even at point b

. >> reporter: on tuesday when clay duke threatened the school board with a handgun, mark jones was on scene. jones wounded duke who then shot and killed himself. jones thought he was too late fearing duke had killed superintendent bill husfelt. but it turned out he was right on time. >> when he came out from behind that desk, i crieded just like i am now. but just to see him, it was like seeing a newborn baby for the first time. >> reporter: mike jones is no stranger to panama city. for more than two decades, he's been known as salvage santa, providing gifts for needy children at christmas time. >> what a giving community, i love them. >> reporter: and love is returned. school board member ginger littleton who used her purse in an unsuccessful attempt to -- even remembbecca duke called hi hero. >> i know you were just doing what you were trained to do and i'm sorry that god had to choose you to do that because you are a kind, sweet, generous man, with all the things you do at christmas time. >> reporter: mike expressed his concern for the gunman's family saying his heart goes out to t

clay duke didn't hit anyone when he opened fire in a school board meeting last week in panama city.apparently upset about his wife losing her job with the schools. on the on "the early show," his wife says she thinks it was no accident that no one was hit. >> he was not trying to hit anyone. in my opinion, he wanted to just scare them. from what i can tell... he wanted them to get -- to get down. >> clay duke took his own life after a security guard wounded him and stopped the shooting. >>> the time now 5:40. yet another change to facebook. what the website is now revamping. >> we all know about the placebo effect but this morning researchers have discovered a new twist about it. ,, ,,,, [ male announcer ] how do you say... welcome to the neighborhood. ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you say... can you believe it's been 20 years since college? ♪ [ male announcer ] nothing says "you're special" like boursin, a creamy, crumbly blend of real cheese and savory herbs, boursin makes any moment more memorable. even if you're saying... my mother has the kids tonight. ♪ ♪ there are no sick days.

police say clay duke opened fire because he was angry that his wife was fired from her job. the superintendent was duke's target but he was not struck. meanwhile, a television news reporter who witnessed the shooting says she feared for her life. >> he said, i have a motion for you, and he pulled out his gun. that's when i hit the floor. it was probably one of the scariest moments in my life. >> security guards shot duke. he died after he shot himself. >>> a wooden boat packed with dozens of people seeking is asylum smashed apart and sank off christmas island, australia. residents on the cliffs above say huge waves slammed passengers against the rocks. authorities are saying that 27 people are dead and at least 30 others injured. some critically. >>> anny hong has our forecast in just a moment. >> sunny and cold. we're watching two stores. details on that, ago with your seven-day forecast after the break. >>> a new on-line tool will help residents in montgomery county deal with snow a little better. our scott broom reports that a program allows users to track the progress of

. >> shepard: we know that man was clay duke, an ex-con with a grudge.minutes later, duke opened fire. >> please don't. please don't. please. >> i'm going to kill you! >> oh, my gosh, he's firing! he's firing! >> i saw his back and he squared up with both hands. i knew that a fight was fixing to happen and i reached for the door and it was too late. he fired the first shot at the superintendent and i thought he was dead and i just opened the door and he and i went after it. >> shepard: jones said he held the door with one hand and fired with the other. >> the first three rounds i hired hit center mass. that's what i was aiming for but man, he wouldn't go down and then he started shooting at the board members again so i kept shooting but he was moving a lot and fell. and then his arm came up, i could see his arm. he was still shooting at me and i saw him pull the gun to his head and pull the trigger and i knew it was over then. >> shepard: a greater relief came moments later when he realized nobody else was hurt. >> when the superintendent came up from be

. >> reporter: witnesses say a man identified as clay dukes talked briefly with school board members about his wife'sfiring. >> we have nodea who you were talking about. >> she was fired sfwlr after spray painting a regular figure on a nearby wall, duke waved his gun and ordered women and children to leave and took those remaining hostage. >> leave! >> reporter: a female school board member tried to knock the gun out of his hand with a purse. he knocked her to the ground. what you're about to see is disturbing. >> please don't. please don't. please. >> reporter: duke fired his weapon. and although nobody was injured by the initial gunshot, duke was confronted by a security guard. after reviewing video police say duke exchanged gunfire with the guard, then killed himself. >> rounds were expended. the gun he had was reeled. >> reporter: the school board securityaid school board meetings for future meetis will be discussed. a city o edge. an investigation is under way. >> and wjhg reports that the security officer who returned fire was taken to a nearby hospital. >>> police in long isla

clay duke confronted board members complaining about taxes and the decision to fire his wife. camera was rolling as one board member tried to talk him out of the shooting. >> but why? this isn't worth it. >> please don't, please don't. >> the man didn't listen. he began firing randomly but didn't hit anybody. he then exchanged shots with a security guard before killing himself and check this out. boom. during the ordeal one board member tried to knock the gun out of the suspect's hand with her purse. >> i have three wonderful daughters and they said, mom, are you just stupid? what are you thinking? (laughter) >> and i actually didn't have an answer for that. i don't know if i was just stupid and i don't know what i was thinking. >> we're so thank it turned out like it did. >> investigators aren't clear on duke's motive. he spray painted a v. on the wall during the meeting, possibly a reference to a movie. he referenced the movie and class warfare on a facebook.com page he created last week. >> what a situation. let's move on to meteorologist mike nicco's forecast. >> let's tak

clay duke, according to authorities, was a virtual unknown to them at the time of the shooting. but evidence of his anti- government beliefs was found at his home. duke's wife said he was pushed over the edge by the economy. and he was frustrated over her losing her teaching job. he was also bipolar and could no longer afford his medication. his wife said that he purposely missed all of his targets before killing himself. >>> just in time for the rush of holiday travelers. several airlines are now hiking the cost of a round trip ticket. american airlines boosted prices on flights that are more than 500 miles by $10. the same fare increases were made by united, continental, delta, southwest and u.s. airways. carriers are trying to raise revenue with a range of fees, including paying for checking bags and changing reservations. rising oil and fuel prices will likely cause another price increase next year. >>> what if your blood was so rare and pure that it could help the smallest of all humans. >> this just adds a whole new dimension to my life. >> coming up on 9 news now at noon,