FSU Shooting: 2 Dead, 6 Injured; Suspect Identified as Sheriff's Deputy's Son

FSU Campus Shooting Incident

• 🎯 Two people were killed and six others injured in a shooting at Florida State University.
• 🚨 The victims are not believed to be students at the university.

Suspect Information

• 👤 The suspect, identified as 20-year-old Phoenix Iikner, is in custody and also in the hospital.
• 🔫 Police believe Iikner used his mother's old service weapon, which was reportedly out of commission, in the shooting.
• 🚓 Law enforcement responded quickly, confronting Iikner, but he did not immediately comply with commands, leading to him being shot and injured by officers.

Eyewitness Accounts and Campus Response

• 🔊 Students described hearing multiple gunshots, initially unsure if it was construction or a shooting.
• 🏃 Some students were seen running in front of traffic to escape the gunfire.
• 📢 FSU's emergency alert system was activated, instructing students to shelter in place near the student union.
• 🚶 Police later instructed students to exit buildings with hands over their heads as they secured the campus.
• 🏫 The student union and nearby buildings were declared active crime scenes, and classes were canceled for the following day.

Connection to Parkland Shooting

• 💔 The father of one of the victims from the 2018 Parkland school shooting noted that some of his daughter's friends who survived Parkland were attending FSU and were in the student union during this incident, marking their second school shooting experience.