Florida State University shooting suspect: Who is Phoenix Ikner?

The fishy who opened occurrence astatine Florida State University (FSU) successful Tallahassee, Florida, connected Thursday, sidesplitting 2 and injuring six others, was identified by instrumentality enforcement officials arsenic the 20-year-old lad of a sheriff’s deputy.

Leon County Sheriff Walter McNeil identified Phoenix Ikner arsenic the shooter, saying, "It’s not a astonishment to america that helium had entree to weapons."

His mother, Jessica Ikner, is simply a sheriff's lawman with the Leon County Sheriff's Office. She has been with the bureau for implicit 18 years and McNeil said she has done a "tremendous job" successful her position. During the people of her career, authorities said she served arsenic a schoolhouse assets officer.

McNeil said Phoenix Ikner utilized his mother's handgun successful the shooting astatine FSU. 

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Florida State University students hold for quality pursuing an progressive shooter incidental astatine the school’s field successful Tallahassee connected Thursday, April 17. (AP/Kate Payne)

"Unfortunately, her lad had entree to 1 of her weapons and that was 1 of the weapons that was recovered astatine the scene. And we are continuing that probe into however that limb was used," McNeil said.

Phoenix Ikner was named to the Leon County Sheriff’s Office arsenic a subordinate of the 2021-2022 Youth Advisory Council connected Aug. 17, 2021, which was established successful 2020 to supply an unfastened enactment of connection betwixt the younker of Leon County and section instrumentality enforcement, McNeil said.

Jessica Ikner, the parent of the suspect, has served iwth the Leon County Sheriff's Office for 18 years. (Leon County Sheriff's Office)

According to the sheriff’s office, the assembly plays a relation successful advising the sheriff but besides reaches retired to different teens successful the region to fto them cognize astir existing opportunities. They besides make skills successful advocacy, enactment and squad gathering portion completing assemblage work hours. Ultimately, members of the younker advisory assembly usage the skills to assistance them find ways to code issues affecting the county.

McNeill described Phoenix Ikner arsenic a long-standing subordinate of the Leon County Sheriff’s Office Citizens Advisory oregon Youth Advisory council, who has been "steeped" successful the sheriff’s bureau household and engaged successful respective grooming programs the bureau offers.

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Law enforcement enactment astatine Florida State University (FSU) field aft a wide shooting successful Tallahassee, Florida, U.S., April 17, 2025.  (Alicia Devine/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images via REUTERS)

At astir 11:50 a.m. connected Thursday, Phoenix Ikner allegedly opened occurrence connected the main field of FSU, shooting aggregate individuals adjacent the Student Union building.

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Evacuees ticker instrumentality enforcement enactment connected Florida State University (FSU) field aft a wide shooting successful Tallahassee, Florida, April 17, 2025. (Alicia Devine/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images via REUTERS)

When officers arrived, they instantly engaged the shooter earlier shooting and apprehending him, constabulary said.

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Florida State University students and module members hold successful a grassy country adjacent the pupil national wherever the shooting happened. (Ana Ceballos/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Police said 2 radical – who are not students – were killed, and six others were transported to a section infirmary with gunshot wounds.

Phoenix Ikner was besides transported to a section hospital, constabulary said.

Police said Phoenix Ikner invoked his rights not to talk with authorities.

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