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Panama City - While NewsChannel 7 cameras rolled, a man used a pistol to take hostages at Tuesday's Bay County School Board meeting in the Nelson building off Balboa Avenue in Panama City.
Starting a little after 2 p.m., a 56-year-old man, identified as Clay Duke, addressed the school board briefly, talking about his wife being fired, before using a can of red spray paint to paint a large "V" with a circle around it on the wall of the building. Duke then pulled out a small caliber, semi-automatic handgun, and released the women and children from the room, taking the others hostage.
Tensions built while Duke questioned the school board, and told the group that "Somebody is going to die today."
WJHG's video footage shows Duke as he began firing, and SWAT teams responded and burst in.
School Board Superintendent Bill Husfelt says that the gunman had "almost a smile" on his face, and seemed determined that he was going to die.
