The person who allegedly shot two individuals useless and injured 5 extra at Florida State College in Tallahassee is the son of a Leon county sheriff’s deputy – and used considered one of his mom’s former service pistols within the bloodbath.
Phoenix Ikner, 20, was recognized because the suspected killer, Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeil confirmed throughout a press convention hours after the capturing Thursday.
Ikner, an energetic FSU scholar, had entry to his mom’s weapons and introduced considered one of her pistols with him to campus, McNeil mentioned.
He was additionally present in possession of a shotgun, although it’s unclear whether or not he used it within the alleged assault. Some witnesses described the shooter unloading with a rifle-shaped gun earlier than switching to a pistol.
Ikner was additionally a member of the Youth Advisory Council of the sheriff’s workplace.
“This occasion is tragic in additional methods than you individuals within the viewers may ever phantom from a regulation enforcement perspective,” McNeil mentioned.
