20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, the son of the county sheriff’s deputy, was recognized because the ‘lively shooter’ at Florida State College who killed at the very least 2. Leon County Sheriff Walter . McNeil confirmed this at information convention hours after the emergency state of affairs was dealt with and the shooter was neutralized. Police stated the shooter was additionally injured and hospitalized although it’s not recognized who shot him. Ikner had entry to his mom’s gun and it was the identical gun that was used for taking pictures.
A Political Science main, Ikner’s political leaning is underneath scanner. An outdated quote has come to the floor that he gave throughout a college students’ protest. “I believe it is just a little too late. Trump is already going to be inaugurated on Jan 20 and there is not likely a lot you are able to do except you outright revolt, and I do not assume anybody needs that,” he stated earlier than Trump’s inauguration concerning the college students’ protest in opposition to Trumop.
Earlier than the shooter was recognized, CNN reported that the FSU shooter is an adolescent who’s native to Tallahassee, grew up within the metropolis, within the space and the police have been in contact along with his household. Some witnesses stated the shooter was a white male with mild hair. One pupil stated she noticed the gunman arriving in an orange Hummer and he regarded like a “regular faculty dude”.
“I used to be leaving the union with my meals. There is a street subsequent to it and I used to be strolling and this man pulls up in an orange Hummer, and he will get out with a rifle and shoots in my route. There have been a few youngsters close to me,” McKenzie Heeter, a junior at FSU advised MSNBC. “I believe he was taking pictures and he missed. So he goes again into the automotive and grabs a pistol. Then he turns and shoots the woman in entrance of him. That is after I simply began working,” she stated. The shooter was sporting an orange T-shirt and khaki shorts, she stated.
