Gunman in Yoga Studio Killings Raised Red Flags That Were Missed, U.S. Says
A yearslong trail of red flags signaling a Florida man’s escalating hatred toward women was missed by the authorities before a 2018 shooting at a Florida yoga studio that left two dead and five injured, the U.S. Secret Service found in a new report. In a 28-page case study released on Tuesday, the agency said that the Nov. 2, 2018, attack carried out by Scott P. Beierle at Hot Yoga Tallahassee highlighted the specific threat posed by “misogynistic extremism,” which is sometimes referred to as “male supremacy.” The report was compiled by the National Threat Assessment Center, which is part of the Secret Service and whose role is to analyze threat data and the response of law enforcement. Investigators say that the red flags multiplied exponentially over the years. They included arrests for battery, repeated allegations of stalking and outward demonstrations of an animus toward women. Mr. Beierle once wrote a screenplay about an outcast teenage boy who becomes a serial killer, e...