Some eyewitnesses said they saw Ikner open fire a weapon that looked like a rifle before switching to a handgun.
The gunman who opened fire at Florida State University in Tallahassee on Thursday, killing two and injuring five is the son of a Leon county sheriff’s deputy. Phoenix Ikner, 20, has been identified as the suspected gunman who used one of his mother’s former weapons in the fatal shooting, Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeil confirmed hours after the shooting.
Ikner was shot by police after he refused to follow their orders and has chosen to remain silent, exercising his right not to speak during his arrest. The weapon found on Ikner at the time of his arrest was registered to his mother, police said at a press conference on Thursday.
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Ikner, who is currently a student at Florida State University, got access to the weapons owned by his mother and carried one of her handguns to campus, according to McNeil. Authorities also found a shotgun with him during his arrest.
However, it’s still unclear if it was used during Thursday’s shooting. Some eyewitnesses said they saw Ikner open fire with a weapon that looked like a rifle before switching to a handgun.
