Phoenix Ikner ID'd as FSU shooting suspect, son of sheriff's deputy with access to her firearm
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Phoenix Ikner, a 20-year-old Florida State University student, has been identified as the suspect in a shooting incident that left two dead and five injured. According to authorities, Ikner accessed one of his mother’s former service pistols to carry out the attack on campus. While he was also found with a shotgun, it remains unclear if that weapon was used. Sheriff Walt McNeil expressed the tragedy of the event from a law enforcement perspective, noting Ikner's prior involvement with the sheriff's office as a member of the Youth Advisory Council.
"This event is tragic in more ways than you people in the audience could ever phantom from a law enforcement perspective," McNeil said.
Ikner was also found in possession of a shotgun, though it is unclear whether he used it in the alleged attack.
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