Questions Emerge After Deadly FSU Shooting

April 19, 2025 11:44 am

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — After a deadly shooting at Florida State University, questions are emerging about how the stepson of a beloved sheriff’s deputy tasked with school safety at a middle school became the accused gunman. Political science student Phoenix Ikner was a long-standing member of a sheriff’s office youth advisory council. But when officers rushed to the university’s student union on reports of gunfire, authorities say it was the 20-year-old who used his stepmother’s former service weapon to open fire, killing two men and wounding six others. The chief of safety for Leon County Schools said the allegations underscore that “none of us are immune to tragedy.”