Phoenix Ikner ID’d as FSU shooting suspect, son of sheriff’s deputy with access to her firearm

 The man who allegedly shot two people dead and injured five more at Florida State University in Tallahassee is the son of a Leon county sheriff’s deputy – and used one of his mother’s former service pistols in the massacre.

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Police named Phoenix Ikner as the suspect in the Florida State shooting.Facebook / Janice Ikner

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At least two people were killed in the shooting at Florida State University Thursday.via REUTERS

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Phoenix Ikner is shackled up in the back of an ambulance after being suspected of a shooting at Florida State University.WTXL.com

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Phoenix Ikner has been identified as the son of a sheriff’s deputy, Jessica Ikner (right).Leon County Sheriff's Office

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Students were initially directed to the locker rooms and held for about two hours before being escorted out by law enforcement.Stefano Mussi via Storyful

Phoenix Ikner, 20, was identified as the suspected killer, Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeil confirmed during a press conference hours after the shooting Thursday.

Ikner, an active FSU student, had access to his mother’s weapons and brought one of her pistols with him to campus, McNeil said.

He was also found in possession of a shotgun, though it is unclear whether he used it in the alleged attack. Some witnesses described the shooter unloading with a rifle-shaped gun before switching to a pistol.

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The location of the shooting on Florida State’s campus in Tallahassee.Jack Forbes / NY Post Design

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Florida State students being moved from an area near the union with their hands above their head.X/@FSU_Barstool

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Phoenix Ikner, 20, was identified as the suspected killer.AP

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Doors left broken in FSU building after armed police clear rooms, force their way into locked spaces as they searched room-by-room while responding to a deadly mass shooting at Florida State University.Melina Myers via Storyful

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Ikner was found in possession of a shotgun along with a pistol, which was his mother’s.Melina Myers via Storyful
Ikner was also a member of the Youth Advisory Council of the sheriff’s office.

“This event is tragic in more ways than you people in the audience could ever phantom from a law enforcement perspective,” McNeil said.

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