Gunman In Yoga Studio Attack Had A Criminal History, Posted Racist And Sexist Videos

Police investigators work the scene of the shooting on Friday in Tallahassee, Fla. The assailant has been identified, and details are emerging about his criminal and online history.

Steve Cannon / AP

Updated at 3:22 p.m. ET

More information is being revealed about the online and criminal history of the man who killed two people, injured five others and then killed himself in a Tallahassee, Fla., yoga studio Friday evening. He had been charged with battery twice, and multiple news outlets have reported on evidence of his misogynist and racist beliefs.

In a press release Saturday, Tallahassee Police identified the assailant, who shot six people with a handgun and pistol-whipped a seventh person during the attack, as 40-year-old Scott Beierle. He was a resident of Deltona, Fla., and a graduate of Florida State University.