Overview

• Phoenix Ikner, a 20-year-old FSU student and son of a sheriff’s deputy, used his stepmother’s former service weapon in the campus shooting.
• The attack near the student union resulted in the deaths of two Aramark employees, Tiru Chabba and Robert Morales, and left five others injured.
• Students employed improvised survival tactics, including using chewing gum to affix paper over windows to block the shooter’s view.
• Graduate student Madison Askins survived by pretending to be dead after being shot in the buttocks, avoiding further harm as the shooter reloaded.
• Authorities continue to investigate the motive and firearm access, while campus operations gradually return to normal following the lockdown.