FSU shooting latest: Victims identified, police release timeline

The Florida State University Community is trying and the police are looking for a motive after a gunfire opened fire on the Talahassi campus on Thursday, killing two and wounds six.

The Talahasi police on Friday exposed how the shooting is developing.

The suspect, a 20-year-old FSU student Phoenix Ikner, arrived in a parking garage at the campus around 11am and stayed in the area for about an hour, moving outside his car, police said.

Ikner left the garage at 11:51, police said, and then between 11:56 and 11:57 he started shooting a gun, police said. The shooting was reported at 911 to 11:58, police said.

At noon, Ikner was shot dead by employees and removed, police said. He is expected to survive.

“When I heard what happened, I was a frantic one, I thought he could be the one who was hurt. And then when I realized it was, I just collapsed,” Ikner’s biological mother, An-Mari Ericksen, told ABC News on Friday in his first comments after shooting. “There is so much that it has to be said about it, but I just can’t talk without crying. We need time to process all this.”

One killed victim was identified as Tiru Chaba, a 45-year-old husband and father of two who was an employee of a campus seller.

“Chaba’s family is now going through the unthinkable,” a Bakari family lawyer said in a statement from their family lawyer. “Instead of hiding Easter eggs and visiting friends and family, they live a nightmare.”

The other victim was identified as Robert Morales.

Earlier, Morales was a football coach at Leon High School, where he demonstrated “dedication, honesty and a real passion for the mentoring of young athletes,” Leon High Athletics said in a statement.

“His commitment to the game and to shape his players’ life has expanded far beyond the field,” the statement said. “His legacy of leadership, compassion and service will forever remain part of Leon Lion’s tradition.”

Talahassi healthcare staff said the hospital had received six patients, all in a stable condition.

The six are expected to recover and two of them can be released on Friday, staff said.

The officials revealed that the stepmother’s stepmother Jessica Ikner is a current deputy at the local sheriff of Leon County. While the authorities identified Jessica Ikner as a mother of suspect, court documents indicate that she was his stepmother.

Phoenix Ikner had access to one of his personal rifles on his stepmother, which was one of the weapons found at the scene, said Sheriff Walter McNeal. He is still in the hospital and will not be charged or appointed until he is released, police said. He also referred to his right to remain silent.

Jessica Ikner – who is on duty as an employee of school resources at high school during the shooting – has taken an indefinite personal leave, the Sheriff’s service said.

The sheriff’s service said it had launched an internal investigation, but so far had not found signs that the veteran MP had violated any policies.

In a statement to the Florida State University Community, President Richard McCulow called the shooting a “tragic and meaningless act of violence”.

FSU canceled classes and sports events over the weekend. The vigil is set for Friday at 5:00 pm

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he had a “obligation to defend” the second amendment when asked by a reporter in the oval office, if he sees something “violated” with the current weapons laws in America.

“Look, I’m a great supporter of the second amendment. I was from the beginning. Protected it and these things are terrible, but the gun doesn’t do the shooting. People do it. It’s a phrase that is used too often,” Trump said.

“I’ll tell you it’s a shame,” he told the shooting.

Alex Fole, Vera Abubi and Fritz Farow have contributed to this report.