--- description: May graduated from FSU in 2005 with an economics degree title: FSU Shooter Myron May Have Feared Government Was Targeting Him image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # FSU Shooter Feared Government Was Targeting Him, Cops Say by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 20, 2014 9:09 PM CUT by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 20, 2014 9:09 PM CUT The man identified as the shooter who [opened fire in the Florida State University library](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fsu-gunman-identified-school-alumnus-attorney-report-n252271 "undefined") was a former prosecutor who recently moved back home to open up his own law practice and put some “troubles” behind him, friends and relatives said. Police described Myron May, 31, as a man in crisis, who believed he was being targeted by the government for unknown reasons. May’s Facebook page showed he was interested in “targeted individuals,” who believe they are victims of mind control and covert-ops harassment. It’s unknown why May chose Florida State University for his attack — in which he shot three… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fsu-shooter-myron-may-have-feared-government-was-targeting-him-n252731?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3598383/fsu-shooter-myron-may-government/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3598383/fsu-shooter-myron-may-government/"},"headline":"FSU Shooter Feared Government Was Targeting Him, Cops Say","datePublished":"2014-11-20T21:09:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:36:26.047Z","description":"Myron May graduated from FSU in 2005 with an economics degree","url":"https://time.com/3598383/fsu-shooter-myron-may-government/","keywords":["Crime","school shooting","school shootings"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3598383/fsu-shooter-myron-may-government/","name":"FSU Shooter Feared Government Was Targeting Him, Cops Say"}}]}] ```