Two people are dead after a Florida State University student opened fire on the Tallahassee campus today, April 17.
Five people were injured.
Police identified the suspect as 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, son of a Leon County, Florida Sheriff’s deputy.
Officials say he accessed his mother’s gun, which was used in the incident.
#UPDATE: A suspect is in custody after an unknown number of students were injured in a shooting at Florida State University Thursday afternoon, an official told The Associated Press. https://t.co/xWAFslBsYV
— CBS 13 News (@WGME) April 17, 2025
🚨 #BREAKING: Police announce the shooter at Florida State University is the son of a Leon County Sheriff's Deputy
He's been identified as 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, and used one of his mother's weapons to commit the mass shooting at FSU.
HOLY CRAP. pic.twitter.com/mlkrQAQlvg
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 17, 2025
🚨 Trump stand strong on the Second Amendment after the FSU shooting:
“These things are terrible, but the gun doesn't do the shooting — the people do. It's a shame." pic.twitter.com/JkFXlr82vS
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) April 17, 2025
🚨BREAKING: Police say the Florida State shooter was 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, a graduate of Lincoln High School in Tallahassee and the son of sheriff's deputy Jessica Ikner. pic.twitter.com/DOCCaGJSdn
— Off The Press (@OffThePress1) April 17, 2025