A gunman opened fire near Florida State University’s student union Thursday, killing 2 and injuring 5. Shocking footage shows Phoenix Ikner, 20, firing a gun on campus. Ikner, son of a Leon County deputy, used his mother’s gun, police confirmed.

A gunman opened fire near the student union at Florida State University in Tallahassee on Thursday. Shocking video from the scene shows the gunman named Phoenix Ikner walking across a lawn on the campus, firing a handgun. A victim can be seen lying on the grass, visibly injured.

Two people are dead, and five others are injured, police reported.

The gunfire started at approximately 11:50 AM (EST) local time, and university officials immediately issued a shelter-in-place order. The FSU campus, which is home to more than 42,000 students, was immediately flooded by law enforcement.Phoenix Ikner has been identified as the shooter of the Florida State University (FSU) case. The 20-year-old is the son of one of Leon County Sheriff’s deputy and a member of the Leon County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) Youth Advisory Council, officials revealed in a press conference on Thursday.

Police reported that Ikner used his mother’s gun for the shooting. The same weapon was found at the crime scene of the FSU campus in Tallahassee.

Notable mass shootings at colleges or universities in recent years include the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre in Blacksburg, Virginia, where 32 people were killed and 23 injured.

There were two college mass shootings in 2023, including one at Michigan State University when three students lost their lives and at least five others were injured. The second shooting occurred at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where three university faculty members lost their lives before the suspect died in a shootout with police.