Two people were killed and at least six others were severely injured in the Thursday mass shooting on the grounds of Florida State University.
One of the victims has been identified as Robert Morales.
The FSU shooter, 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, was identified as the stepson of Deputy Jessica Ikner of the Leon County Sheriff’s Office.
According to officials, he had access to one of his stepmother’s weapons – the one that was found at the scene on campus. Ikner was also injured during the shooting and has since been hospitalized.
Following the tragic incident, the shooter’s final post on the social media has been made public. He wrote, “you are my war club, my weapons for battle, with you I shatter nations, with you I destroy kingdoms,” a quote from the book of Jeremiah in the Bible warning of the coming day of judgment.
Before the attack, Ikner shared white supremacist views with some of his classmates.
Ikner “espoused so much white supremacist rhetoric, and far-right rhetoric as well, to the point where we had to exercise that rule,” classmate Reid Seybold revealed.
The FSU shooter had also made fun of college students who opposed the outcome of the 2024 presidential election.
“These people are usually pretty entertaining, usually not for good reasons,” he wrote in a school magazine.
“I think it’s a little too late, he’s [Trump] already going to be inaugurated on Jan. 20 and there’s not really much you can do unless you outright revolt, and I don’t think anyone wants that.”
According to the statement released by Leon County Sheriff McNeil, the FSU shooter was “steeped in the Leon County Sheriff’s Office family.” He was a part of the department’s youth setup and participated in training and other activities.
Dakota Bages who on campus at the time of the shooting recalled the moment the fire started. “We just kind of heard ruckus,” she told CNN. “We heard these kind of screams from what sounded like a man. And then we heard a woman scream – kind of like she had been toppled over.”
Still unaware of what was happening, they tried to hide themselves.
“Some are crying. Some are trying to keep their cool. Others are screaming: ‘Get in, get in! Push the table! Cover the door!’ They ended up lifting up these huge desks – that are meant to be computer desks – lifting them up and putting them against this glass wall,” Bages said.
All she could hear was screams from frightened classmates.
Representatives of the hospital where the victims have been admitted said all six of them are in a serious condition, with one being critical.
As a precaution, the Leon County School District put buildings near the campus on lockdown.
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