Mysterious packages from Florida State shooter prompt concern

                 The gunman who shot three students at Florida State University mailed mysterious packages to friends before the shooting, including a parcel that arrived Friday in Texas, according to a friend and news outlets.

All the packages were due to arrive Friday, that friend, Joe Paul, told a Jacksonville, Fla., TV station.

Myron May, 31, was shot to death Thursday by Tallahassee police, who identified him as the shooter outside the university's Strozier Library. FSU reopened the library Friday.

One of the packages was delivered Friday morning in Texas, the Associated Press reported, citing an unnamed law-enforcement source.

The official said the package could contain a video and journals.

"What did he send everyone? Was it a manifesto? Was it a message? I don't know," said Paul, 35, who formerly resided in Orange County and who attended FSU with May. "I think I'm just as curious as everyone else."

Paul, who alerted Tallahassee police, said he was among eight Facebook friends of May who received a picture of the package and a notice from May that parcels were en route.

Paul did not say if any packages had been mailed to Central Florida but postal officials were on alert.

"The U.S. Postal Inspection Service has been made aware of these mailings and is taking steps to ensure the safety of postal customers, employees, and facilities," the agency said in a statement from its headquarters in Washington, D.C. "To date, letters identified do not appear to pose a threat or contain hazardous items."

It provided no other details.

May, who earned an undergraduate degree at FSU, got his law degree Texas Tech University then worked at a law firm in Houston. He also worked as a prosecutor in New Mexico.

Police have not offered a motive for the shootings.

May's friends, including Orlando attorney Alisia Mary Adamson, expressed shock on Facebook.

"This is so unreal," Adamson wrote. "I'm sure all of us who knew Myron May would have so many positive things to say about him. He was always so encouraging and would greet you with a big smile. I can't believe it, this situation is so incredibly sad. Praying for his family as well."

One of the students in the shooting was listed Thursday in critical condition. Police said the other two students had non-life-threatening injuries.